An Unacceptable Offer

DOING THE UNTHINKABLE

Miss Jane Matthews could not believe this was happening.

Michael Templeton, Viscount Fairfax, the handsomest lord in the realm and the catch of the London marriage mart, was actually proposing to her and not to her exquisitely beautiful cousin Honor Jamieson.

Jane could believe her own response even less.

Despite the viscount's looks, his wealth, his charm, his absolute perfection, and despite the fact that Jane madly loved him, she heard herself saying "No."

It was clearly a triumph of will over wanting that would leave her pride intact but could well break her heart...