A portionless country girl, Caitlin Campbell is driven from an elegant soiree by the harsh words of the snobbish Lady Elizabeth, only to become embroiled with the dashing Lord Kilverton, the fiancé of the woman who had insulted her

Facing the dismal prospect of a future as a governess, Celia Delacourt is delighted to accept the invitation of her distant cousin, the Duchess of Delacourt, to spend Christmas on the family estate, but she soon discovers that the duchess may have an ulterior motive when she is introduced to her handsome but wary bachelor son. Original.