Cecily

the long version

LADY IN THE LIMELIGHT The dashing young bloods of London gasped at their first glimpse of Cecily on the stage. Who was this adorable creature? Could she be as innocent as she seemed? Or was she just another adventuress, using her ravishing looks and dimpled smile to rise in the world? No one asked these questions with more concern than the Honorable Robert Ranleigh, the handsome, aristocratic leader of London male society. For Cecily actually claimed to be his distant relative, and begged him to come to her aid. Ranleigh had never been bested by any man, or discomfited by any woman -but Cecily had much to teach him about the unpredictable ways of a young lady in love, and about the unsuspected weak spot in the fashionably cynical armor with which Ranleigh thought to protect his heart....