Miss Calista Standish had been taught by her scholarly father to exercise her mental powers to their fullest—but never had she faced so difficult a problem as Mr. John Witton. How could a country Miss like Calista possibly attract this handsome gentleman who once had been the beau of the reigning beauty of London society? How could she dream of wedding him when he declared himself firmly engaged to yet another lady? And how could she hope to keep hold of his affections when he was so vulnerable to all the many temptations of the ton? Calista needed all her wits to bewitch Mr. Witton. But even more, she had to learn what only her heart could teach....