Faint Heart

TO UNCOVER LOVE IN A PROUD HEART

Courting Cecily Hammond seemed a hopeless cause for George Atherby. She was the belle of the Season, surrounded by elegant beaux, and intent on making a brilliant match. George had little to recommend him in her eyes - as her chaperone's awkward country cousin, he boasted neither title nor polish, possessing only sweetness and sincerity...and an uncanny knack for embarrassing himself and upsetting their every encounter.

But George was in love, determined to overcome his faint heart - and win his fair Cecily. He plunged courageously ahead, entangling himself ever further in discouraging situations, until all seemed lost.

Yet, suddenly, Cecily began to find her sophisticated suitors eclipsed by the charming unpredictability of George...