Everyone wanted to tell Eugenia Liddiard what to do... her guardian, the worldly Countess of Chandos, was determined that Eugenia wed the first eligible aristocrat before the London season ran its course. Her self-appointed advisor, the former actress and current social lioness Lady Brassborough, did did her best to instruct Eugenia in the seductive skills and devious devices so essential for a young lady's success. Her elders...her relatives... her suitors...even the representatives of His Majesty's law...all were eager to take care of Eugenia. But when her a newly discovered and darkly handsome cousin turned to her as the last hope for recovering his birthright, Eugenia showed a shocked and startled Regency world how well she could take care of herself!