A Secret Infatuation

She never forgot the boy who defended her. He never dreamed she would remember.

Lady Sophia Rowlandson has spent years perfecting the art of quiet composure-broken only once, at a country picnic when she was fifteen. Branded a lackwit by an insensitive neighbor, she was rescued by the unexpected gallantry of his visiting friend. Mr. Harwood's defense lingered in her memory, and not even a separation of four yearssucceeded in dimming her admiration.

Felix Harwood remembered his friend's lovely...