The Quiet Gentleman

The new Earl of St. Erth returned from glory at Waterloo - to a nest of intrigue at his ancestral home. Vexed by his pompou stepmother and reckless half-brother, he seemed to have but on ally - Drusilla Norville, a level-headed girl who had lost her heart to the dashing lord. But family plots were not the only danger besetting the Earl. There were, too, the wiles of charming Mariann Bolderwood, a collector of beaux. Could Drusilla save his lordship from that fate as well?