Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...Elinor Grant has always wanted a man to fall in love with her, but her plain face has already made her into a spinster at the ripe old age of twenty-eight. When her father's finances suddenly evaporate, he leaves her without a roof over her head and no other option but to take a position as a governess at the grand estate, Carlisle Hall. There she meets the handsome, reclusive, and scarred Captain Hewlett, son and heir of a wealthy baronet and blinded at sea during the Napoleonic Wars.Captain Valentine Hewlett has left the social world behind ever since he survived an attack on his ship that left his entire crew dead and himself permanently blind. He has no intention of ever marrying - the ladies of his station are too comfortable and vain for his temperament. But when he meets Elinor Grant, he feels he has finally found a kindred spirit with a true heart of compassion earned from a history of personal anguish.Impossible to avoid is Vincent, Captain Hewlett's identical twin brother - his opposite in every way, except his handsome face. For some mysterious reason, he is dead set on scaring Elinor away from Carlisle Hall. Elinor must weather the abuses of this selfish, vain man and discover his true motives before he succeeds in driving her away from the only man she's ever known who cares more about inner beauty than a pretty face.A Series of Unfortunate Proposals is a clean historical romance set during the Regency era approximately 70,000 words in length. Catherine Keaton's books always end in a happily-ever-after!