By Honour Bound
Gray, Valerie
SHE WAS BOUND BY PRINCIPLE TO ONE MAN, BUT BOUND BY HER HEART TO ANOTHER.

Lady Anne Farleigh promised her dying father she would consent to marry the dour merchant, Simon Pontefract.  Twice her age and in desperate financial straits, he was so insistent on claiming her fortune, not to mention her person, that any pretense to gentlemanly conduct was swept aside.  Horrified by his unseemly advances, she fled to the seaside village of Lyme Regis whereupon she encountered the dashing Sir Mortimer Vane, just returned from the Peninsular Wars.

The interest that immediately sprang up between them only increased as they removed to London for the Season.  Once having gained entre to the haut monde, Lady Anne soon became caught up in the heady excitement of dancing at Almack's, attending theatre in Drury Lane, and dining among the most illustrious personages of England.  But Pontefract's relentless pursuit would not allow her to forget her odious obligation, or to enjoy a moment of perfect happiness in the company of the man she loved.