The two cousins could not be more opposite. Louisa Elliot murtures a defiant spirit, while Lady Meg never dares to rebel or speak out.They both are orphans and raised by their overbearing grandmother.
A tingle of pleasure startled Lady Barry as she accepted the hand of the masked stranger at the Raneleagh Gardens. But he was now the Earl of Prideau and no stranger, having broken his pledge of love in their youth. Suddenly he is everywhere she turns.