"I will not marry a man chosen for me!" "But, Sophie, my dear," her stepfather said kindly, "you could not hope for a more advantageous match." Sophie put her hands over her ears. "You may talk as long as you like, but I will never listen." Furiously she swept from the room. She would never marry the odious Lord Netherton, no matter how much her stepfather urged her. Netherton - a man she barely knew and could never love... ...because the dashing young Mr Fanshawe had already stolen her heart!