Undisciplined

Gabrielle Astley is quite used to being an afterthought, a burden, a nuisance...

As the only child - and a useless female one at that - to a Baron, she was both spoiled materially and neglected emotionally. After her father's death her stepmother remarries and Gabrielle's new guardian is the stern and cold Marquess of Dunbury. There is hope of escaping their household, however, as the Marquess seems eager to marry her off.

Felix Hood had no thoughts of settling down in marriage - as the young...