<p>The demure but beautiful Alecia Stambrook sorely misses her late mother, Lady Sophie. And now that her uncle, the Earl of Langhaven, has also died, there will be no more of the generous stipend that Alecia's father had relied on to survive as the books that he writes bring in very little money..<br>When her much-loved cousin Charis arrives unexpectedly at her home, Alecia is heartened although taken aback by her strange request.<br>Charis...