Francesca Kennington merely wants to be left to her studies, despite her mother's best efforts to saddle her with a rich husband. Then she meets a mysterious gentleman, who leads her on a romp through the ballrooms and countryside of Georgian England. How can their romance blossom when they have chosen to keep it a secret from their friends and family? All too soon the small deceptions become too large and Francesca's house of cards tumbles. Can she put things back together and still marry for love instead of money?
H. Linn Murphy lives with her Sweetheart and children in Arizona, along with assorted wild geckos, quail, and the occasional vulture.
She enjoys reading, swordplay, camping, and playing the tin whistle, and dreams of fi nding her family’s long-lost estate in the green hills of Britain someday.