Lacy's Dilemma

A WEB WOVEN

Though her father's fortune has dwindled to naught, Lacy Ormund is determined to set up proper dowries for her three younger sisters. A considerable beauty, the sensible miss intends to wed some suitably well-heeled peer. And romance, Lacy contends, is of no concern whatsoever -- that is, until she is kissed by Gilbert Fanton, the dashing Earl of Estabrook.

A PLOT SPUN

An eminently acceptable candidate for matrimony, "Gib" Fanton will marry for no reason EXCEPT love -- and so woos the lovely Lacy...then falsely cries poverty to test her ardor. But it is his deception and not his alleged diminished fortunes that infuriates the spirited, enamored lady -- forcing the beleaguered lord to undertake the strenuous task of winning Lacy's hardened heart yet again.