Her family fortune is gone.

Perhaps she should be thankful her

uncle has found her a wealthy husband in

the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.

But she isn’t.

If she accepts, she’ll go from a pauper to a

wealthy man’s wife with enormous responsibility.

But she’ll never make a good wife,

and she knows it. Her temper is volatile,

and her spirit far too independent.

Lord Wellington isn’t the only one pursuing her;

however. So is Charles Ashwirth.

And his plans for her are terrifying.