The third book in M.C. Beaton’s charming Edwardian Candlelight series.

Poor Ginny Bloggs! She had inherited a fortune, a magnificent country estate, and her benefactor’s disgruntled relatives – a quartet of querulous schemers – who were horrified to find themselves suddenly at the mercy of a low, common girl; a total stranger – the coal merchant’s daughter! Poor Ginny Bloggs!

The handsome Lord Gerald de Fremney himself has pledged to keep the more unruly relatives in line. He thought he understood thoroughly modern women. Her reluctant guardians thought they understood society. Such was Ginny Bloggs; as delicate as a china doll, as bold as brass. She understood them all, and now she was going to teach them all what it meant to be a lady!

The Edwardian Candlelight Series chronicles young, passionate girls who come to understand the nature of true love despite overwhelming odds. From a penniless pauper, a stenographer, a governess to an accused murderess, these ladies in love overcome incredible odds with grit and sophistication to find and keep true love.