How to Marry A Marquis has a promising title and little else. I was expecting a great story and interesting plot. The characters are mundane and staid. I was very disappointed in the entire story. After reading the first couple of chapters I kept expecting the suspense to build and it never did. The blackmail in the story never amounted to much and the only really interesting character was Lady Danbury. How to Marry A Marquis is a disappointment. This is only the second Julia Quinn story I have read and I have serious doubts about whether I will read another. The Duke and I was a much better book.