Jane Lambert is not exactly a woman of means. She is a merchant’s daughter but what she lacks in monetary value and peerage, she makes up for in wit, intellect, charm, and beauty.
Jane’s father is quick to be rid of her though, and thus arranges a match between a colleague, William Shore, and Jane.
William is much older than Jane and clearly not interested in her female charms….under any circumstance but he hopes a marriage to her will mean advancement for his business.
The negotiations move forward but Jane still holds out hope that a mysterious man she met by chance in the street will speak for her hand instead, the handsome and dashing Tom Grey.
She meets Grey in secret and tells him her father plans to marry her off unless he stands up and asks for her hand. She has no idea that Master Grey is really Lord Thomas Grey, the 1st Marquess of Dorset, the King’s step son. Grey rejects her because he is already married, and confesses that he really just wanted to bed her, not marry her.
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