Description
Sir Richard Kenworthy has lessthan a month to find a bride. He knows he can”t be too picky, but whenhe sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family”sinfamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She”s the typeof girl you don”t notice until the second, or third, look, but there”ssomething about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knowsshe”s the one.
Iris Smythe-Smith is used to being her pale hair and quiet, sly wit she tends to blend into thebackground, and she likes it that way. So when Richard Kenworthy demandsan introduction, she is suspicious. He flirts, he charms, he givesevery impression of a man falling in love, but she can”t quite believeit”s all true. When his proposal of marriage turns into a compromisingposition that forces the issue, she can”t help thinking that he”s hidingsomething . . . even as her heart tells her to say yes.
