Little does she realize that she is the last woman Oliver would want to marry. Oliver is the illegitimate but acknowledged brother of a duke, and Jane fears he will pursue her for her fortune, so when they meet, she works extra hard at putting him off. One day, the Johnson twins, so-called friends of Jane’s who whisper about her behind her back, mention that the gathering at the Marquess of Bradenton’s home to which Jane has been invited will include new guest, Oliver Marshall. She dresses outrageously and acts clueless while insulting any man who might otherwise have wanted to marry her. So Jane remains under Titus’ roof and bribes doctors and quacks. It falls to Jane-illegitimate but an heiress thanks to the fortune her biological father left her-to protect her legitimate sibling from Titus’s ministrations.

Though Emily’s condition is hardly incapacitating, Titus treats her as a fragile flower in need of sheltering, and does not allow her to leave the house. Jane herself is of age, but until her sister reaches her majority, Emily will remain in the dubious care of their guardian, Titus Fairfield, a man who has had Emily subjected to burns and near-drowning, all in the name of “curing” Emily’s seizures. To repel prospective suitors for the four hundred and eighty days it will take for her younger half sister Emily to reach her majority is no small task, given Jane’s large fortune, which numbers one hundred thousand pounds. Or rather, a hundred thousand and four hundred and eighty problems. When it popped up on my kindle, I started reading. For this reason, I preordered the newest book in the series, The Heiress Effect, about a month ago. I’ve enjoyed catching up with your Brothers Sinister series this year despite a persistent reading slump.

The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan