The Reasons for Marriage, Vol. 1 Book

He's a patronizing so and so and she's a bluestocking, well entrenched in the staid backdrop of life. And why would a duke decide (sight unseen) that an older, on the shelf daughter/sister of never do well roues would suit him well? He explains but I wasn't convinced.
Although her reasons for not marrying are more understandable. A married women does seem to perch on the lowest of societal rungs, in those times. The h is happy, quietly managing her father's house for him and hostessing her brothers' house-parties, and the freedom and independence that it gives her.
But as the H points out - that's only till one of her brothers marry. (And the series tell us that they do!)
I found the H's droll behavior off-putting and his pursuit and (inadvertant) trapping of an unwilling woman offensive.
But, the post marriage connection, including the wedding night, is satisfyingly sweet and adorable. So, yes, I forgave him.

I didn't like her family and their use and neglect of her. Although the brothers and this particular house-party seem upright enough but it's alluded that such affairs were usually quite colorful in the past. And certainly not suitable for a young unmarried girl to witness and so I disliked the brothers' and father's disregard for her and her safety.