Lord Fairchild's Daughter
Many men had pursued Loveday Fairchild, the headstrong and beautiful daughter of the dissolute Lord Fairchild. Now he had wagered the girl's virtue at the gaming tables and lost. Loveday was forced to flee and the enraged winner, Theo Tierney, balked of his rightful winnings, embarked on a scheme to avenge himself.

Loveday found sanctuary with a distant relative at Ballerfast. But there she discovered new danger. Someone in her benefactor's household wanted to kill her.

As if Loveday had not trouble enough, Averil, profligate master of Ballerfast, developed a passion for her and was determined to marry her.

But Loveday had very different plans for her future.

And so did someone else....