She was his ruin. Ada Hanniford is an oddity. An American heiress, a beauty, she's sowed her wild oats and paid the price in sly rumors. Preferring politics to promenades, gardening to waltzing, she rebuffs the toffs who would seduce her for the fun of it or propose to marry her merely for her millions. Embracing impending spinsterhood, she's shocked to meet a man who fascinates her with tales of his own adventures in exotic lands. She's drawn to...