Relieved widow Marianne has vowed never to let a man have power over her again after surviving a hellish marriage. Determined to maintain her independence, she refuses to let her scheming nephew turn her into an unpaid governess for his daughters and takes refuge with Ellen, Countess of Havers, at the countess's first house party. Alexander Rotherhithe, Marquis of Glenkellie, never stopped loving Marianne despite the way she...