A bitter misunderstanding; Miss Susan Kimball has happily spurned any number of suitors to pursue her dream of journeying to Italy. But she unwittingly puts her heart in danger when she engages the services of a myseriously intriguing Italian who is adept at deception and fluent in the language of love...A secret longing; Lady Claire Lester is convinced that when it comes to beauty she cannot hold a candle to the rest of her illustrious family...until a secret admirer goes to great lengths to help her see herself through the eyes of love...A bold deception; Hartley St Edwards, Lord Kentigem, dismisses all talk of love and romance. But when he receives an invitation to a masked Valentine's Day Ball and attends, he discovers that Cupid has a way of making the most cynical heart fall in love...