Book excerpt: Georgia Allison, a tradesman's daughter, has always had her pretty head filled with romantic notions. When she recieves an unexpected proposal of marriage from Sir Myles Dynham of Brentland, it can hardly be refused. But the marriage turns out rather differently from her expectations. When she meets other the other members of the family she is quickly caught up in their loves and quarrels, first in North Devon then in the London of 1815.