Violated at fifteen, seduced at sixteen. A runaway marriage and a swift annulment. Fanny's life is over even before it could begin. As a young girl, Fanny finds escape from her unstable home by roaming in the woods and riding her mare. Free and innocent of guile, she is easy prey for a blackguard. Three years later, she attends the Season where she meets Andrew, Earl of Nethercote. It is love at first sight for both of them. Fanny's nemesis, the man...