Mysterious strangers can often be enticing, yet dangerous too. Headstrong Sarah Littlejohn's heart had skipped a beat at the prospect of joining her Aunt Charlotte for a London season, for at one and twenty Sarah was no longer a young girl. ?But a mishap on the journey brings her face to face with Jack Edgeworth, and she has no doubt where the blame for the accident lies. Jack finds her disapproval amusing, but he is less amused when she attracts the attentions of the?good-looking Robert Rossingham. As Aunt Charlotte observes, Sarah must learn to tell the sheep from the wolves—but that proves to be far from easy.