Set in the Georgian Era - 1700s, Marianne Pembroke's father dies, leaving her no inheritance or home, she leaves the town to find refuge in the country and stay with her friend Charlotte. She meets Lord Arthur Ashdown, who believes Marianne is a wealthy heiress who is staying with Charlotte for the summer, they find themselves drawn to each other. However he has a fiance, Elizabeth, which makes it impossible for Arthur to admit his true feelings to Marianne, as he feels he has to stay faithful to Elizabeth. However Elizabeth is hiding secrets of her own; she plans to marry Ashdown and use his fortune to elope with another man. Marianne discovers what she has been hiding, and after being blackmailed by Elizabeth with the threat that she will expose Marianne's true identity to Arthur, Marianne has to make the decision whether to tell Ashdown and risk him casting her aside, or keep a secret that would mean Arthur entering a marriage of lies and deceit .
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