AN EARL'S DAUGHTER AND A HANDSOME LORDWhat could be more appropriate?Lady Anthea Desborough has concluded her first Season with a highly eligible engagement to Silas Goffroy, Lord Winstanton. In the months before the wedding, the young couple and their families are staying at Desborough Hall in Kent. Alas, matters quickly start to go wrong.To general surprise Anthea's long-lost older sister, the alluring Cherry Durwent, turns up from the dead. How will her existence affect Anthea's dowry and the family fortunes?The sheltered debutante confronts threats and coercion even as her oblivious parents do not take her fears seriously.Her mother adamantly refuses to divulge what will happen on her wedding night, only three months away. Anthea surmises it must be something horrid or disgusting.Unless she quickly learns to stand up for herself, Anthea's future looks dire. Fortunately she is not quite without friends and allies.Note: This is the fifth volume of the Amberley Chronicles, but can be read as a stand-alone.words : 70051