Matthew Riverton never expected to find Louisa Maria Susanna Morgan, the woman who walked out on Matthew on their wedding day, living with Barbara "Babs" Ruthven, the woman his aunt is now encouraging him to marry. Louisa Maria and her grandmother, Lady Dewsbury-Morgan, and her mother, Anna, were all cast aside by Louisa's father when she refused to wed Matthew, but fortunately all three found a new home with Barbara, who has had her own experiences in escaping unwanted marriages. At first Matthew tries to convince Louisa, who has refused to speak to anyone since her wedding day, to give him another chance, but the more time he spends with the always outspoken, charmingly stubborn Barbara, the more Matthew believes he may be courting the wrong lady. Savery's latest has everything traditional Regency fans crave: witty prose, a sweetly tart romance between an original pair of protagonists, and some delightfully quirky secondary characters, including the sharply amusing termagant Lady Dewsbury-Morgan.