The Tempestuous Affair Author:Caroline Courtney The late Sir Charles Stanton had written before he died to his estranged father-in-law Prince Kuragin in Russia -- entrusting him with the care of Charles's daughter Lucy. — Now the English girl, who had been on the eve of her entrance into the London ton, must journey to St. Petersburg -- far away. — The prospect was alternately frightening and e... more »xciting. Though she had no female chaperone, Lucy knew she need not fear for her virtue. One look at the cold, green eyes of her escort, cousin Nikolai, revealed a nature as frozen as the Russian steppes.« less