" How could anyone resist you?" Phoebe asked, half-mocking, half-sincere.

He gave her a dark glance. "Apparently she has no problem. The title, the fortune, the estate, the social position ... to her, they're all detractions. Somehow I have to convince her to marry me despite all those things." With raw honesty, he added, "And I'm damned if I even know who I am outside of them. "

― Lisa Kleypas , Devil in Spring (The Ravenels, #3)