Scandal rises again, from an unexpected source, and as social and familial pressures change, suddenly being together is the challenge. Meanwhile, working together forces them to look beyond the surface and uncovers a surprising attraction, making them question whether they actually want to cancel the wedding. Using his packaging ideas and advertising copy, the complexion cream is an instant success and leads to more business ideas. Despite his wastrel reputation, Theo has always wanted to prove himself somehow, and it turns out he’s very talented at marketing.
Theo and Daisy meet, express their shared abhorrence for each other, then conspire to launch Daisy’s product, hoping for financial freedom so they won’t have to marry.
However, after a particularly embarrassing scandal, Theo’s father, a celebrated tycoon, decides marriage to a sensible girl will rein in his restless son. Daisy’s been looking forward to spinsterhood and living a life of independence, launching a business around the complexion cream she’s developed using her chemistry degree from Barnard College. The horrible nickname stuck, cementing Daisy’s outcast status, so she’s horrified to learn her mother expects her to marry him. When New York society’s infamous ugly duckling is forced into an engagement with a Gilded Age Prince Charming, they join forces to save themselves from each other and soon realize they make an outstanding team.Īs a “gawky, ungainly girl of thirteen,” Daisy Swan was dubbed Ugly Duck Daisy by beautiful Theodore Prescott the Third, Manhattan’s favorite heir.
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