The Note That Sealed Their Fate

Lady Lillian has a dilemma. She is in love with the Viscount Massey and is carrying his child. And yet, she has been betrothed to Lord Tyndale. She doesn’t know how to gracefully leave the engagement and go after her heart’s desire. Her soul finally alights on a despicable plan. If Lord Tyndale were to be caught in an indelicate position with another woman, Lilly would be seen by society as the poor, jilted fiancée. For the trap, she chooses her naïve and innocent cousin, Miss Rose Sutton.

Lilly conspires to have a letter sent to Lord Tyndale. It invites him to consummate his betrothal. Instead, a sleeping Rose is waiting. Lord Tyndale, tipsy and confused, believes the note and enters Rose’s room. Lilly runs in to discover them, and both Lord Tyndale and Rose are deeply shamed. Lord Tyndale believes that it was Rose who set him up to break Lilly’s heart, and he vows vengeance on the kind young woman.

Lord Tyndale gradually intrudes more and more on Rose’s private life, driving her to frustration and tears. But when a chance encounter shows each the other’s sensitive side, Lord Tyndale and Rose start feeling something very different…