Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash to promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister when he was killed at the battle of
Waterloo. Katharine Payne was a golden-eyed virago who flouted Adam's authority at every turn !
Maybe taking her to stay with his mother for the Season would absolve him of his responsibilities - not that such a headstrong chit, however enchanting, would ever find herself a husband. Only when an unscrupulous man started pursuing her did Adam come to realise that fulfilling his promise might involve marrying the girl himself...
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