The Wallflower Trap
B. W. Haggart
B. W. Haggart
Lady Mimolette Lindsey harbors a secret which leads her to refuse any requests for a dance. This isn't because her late father, the Earl of Bathmorris, named all his children after French cheeses. It isn't because he spent his fortune on fake Aphrodite antiquities, threatening financial ruin. It isn't that this brands the Lindseys as socially undesirable. Her secret simply makes it even more difficult to find husbands for her younger sisters, Treccia and Ovolina. Like the Lindsey sisters, any number of hopefuls attend the Season's events. Any number are labeled wallflowers, rarely asked to dance, with little opportunity for romance. Refusing to be crushed by the ton's disdain, Mimolette devises a shrewd plan, organizing the christened wallflowers, crafting the needed conditions for them to garner dances, and perhaps find husbands. Revenge for the passing snubs of coxcombs and bucks also figures into her scheme. Her stratagems are working too, until an arrogant Major...
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