An optimistic ingenue teaches a cynical aristocrat the importance of family and the virtue of forgiveness.
Emily Faringdon
is a delicate looking damsel with a poet’s soul, a head for figures and an appetite for adventure. That trait was hazardous to her reputation several years ago. The scent of scandal can linger long after the last guest has gone home. Fortunately, some
members of
society don’t believe everything they hear. Emily finds a sympathetic friend in Simon, the Earl of Blade.
Simon Traherne is obsessed with avenging his dead father. Several years ago, the previous Earl of Blade lost the family fortune to some unscrupulous members of society, Emily’s father among them. He is a man with a mission and he sees Emily as a means to an end. With his abrupt manner, his criminal connections and his contempt for ‘polite society’, he seems more suited to the role of dragon than knight errant. Simon is determined to win back everything his father lost with interest. This time around, its up to the damsel to do the rescuing.