IT WAS AN UNFAIR DECISION--TO BE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HER HOME AND HER HEART. . . . When one of her sisters is attacked by Harry Devers, the lecherous son of Mannerling's present owner, Abigail Beverley puts her obsession with reclaiming the mansion on hold. And then Abigail meets the dashing and extremely eligible Lord Burfield, fresh back from the army and in full-time pursuit of a bride. Yet unexpected circumstances force the insufferable Harry...