Lady Mary Spence, a beautiful widow, hopes that her flighty daughter Abigail willl make a love-match. The vain influence of an overly-ambitious grandmother, the bugles of war, and Lady Spence's own troubled heart conspire against her hopes. When war breaks out, Lord Robert Kenmare places Lady Spence and Abigail under his protection. Handsome, wealthy and charming, the earl is everything that Lady Spence could desire for her daughter...or for herself A historical Regency Romance, set in the glittering ballrooms on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo.