Allegra Lovage will do anything to secure her daughter’s future—even marry a man she doesn’t love.
At twenty-three, the ambitious ballerina has set her sights on the perfect husband: wealthy, respectable Colonel John Cooper. If she can capture his attention during the London season, she can give her daughter the life she deserves.
But Baron Benjamin Burnham has plans for the colonel as well.
Before his father died, Ben promised to see his younger sister safely married to his childhood friend. Inviting Colonel Cooper to stay at his London townhouse seems the perfect way to encourage the match—until Ben discovers a determined ballerina pursuing him too.
Stopping Allegra should be simple.
Yet the more Ben crosses paths with the spirited dancer, the harder it becomes to see her as the villain of his plans. Because the woman he is determined to defeat may be the very woman he cannot forget.
