Prudence made a promise to her mother before she died to take care of her sisters. The orphan sisters are placed with their grandfather who is physically and verbally very abusive to them. When he is laid up with an injury, Prudence puts her escape plan for the five of them into action. They travel to London to stay with an uncle. Her dreams of happy marriages for them are thwarted when their uncle wants Prudence, the plain one, to be wed before the beauties. She claims a long secret engagement to a duke. When she arrives at the duke's home, she mistakes Gideon, Lord Carradice, for the duke. He is a rake who can make women swoon. He is attracted to Prudence. When the duke and her uncle appear on the scene, Prudence spins ever more tales. Gideon is so charmed by Prudence he is willing to play the game. And the romances, yes, there are more than one, begin.
This author's works may appeal to readers of Mary Balogh's works.
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