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Maresa Fairweather was the fifth daughter and all but abandoned by her widower father. Her childhood friend, Percy Bronwell, has been in love with her forever, but she hasn't seen it, and instead, commits to a series of wrong engagements. She travels to Italy to avoid all the scandals and ends up begging Percy for help to end a disastrous one.

This book is so historically inaccurate that it was difficult to read. This book is written in a totally different style then the authors previous books.

Born of tragedy and nurtured by scandal, Maresa Fairweather was a fifth daughter, all but abandoned by her widower father. Wild and headstrong, she was fortunate to have Percy Bronwell to keep her fromo harm's way. Now the childhood friends have grown up, but realizing his love for Maresa is unrequited, Percy enlists in the Royal Navy.