The Scheme of Things

She cursed the mistake that led to her fate

Miss Antonia Marley had loved Lord Michael Alton forever and decided at the tender age of seventeen to prove it to him. He mistook her action and had broken her heart.

Antonia vowed never to love again. Certainly, never Michael. But when her father pressed her into a repugnant alliance, she accepted the alternative which Michael proposed.

A false engagement turned into a real wedding and Antonia could not imagine herself more happy, until she learned the real reason Michael had be en so eager to marry her.

Hero: Lord Michael Alton
Heroine: Miss Antonia Marley