After the death of her tenderly beloved father, Blanche Herrington realized she wouldn’t be able to manage a huge fortune on her own, so she decided to get married. At twenty-seven, not knowing what love is and not believing she could feel it, she planned to marry by choosing her husband with her mind, not her heart. But her friends decided otherwise and started an intrigue, thanks to which Lady Herrington ended up in the arms of Sir Rex de Waren—handsome, worthy, even heroic.
A miracle happened: she flared with passion and spent a magical night with him. The lovers are happy.
But Blanche suddenly imagines that she isn’t worthy of Sir Rex. Breaking off the engagement, she leaves his castle with a broken heart...