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A series of disasters in Eleanor LindaleтАЩs well-to-do family kept her out of the social whirl where she might have attracted suitors. Now, at age twenty-five, she believes she is irretrievably on the shelf. But her quiet life in Brighton abruptly changes when sheтАЩs asked to chaperone her beautiful seventeen-year-old niece, Lady Aurora Crossways, for a brief season before AuroraтАЩs wedding to Philip Radford, Earl of Huntley. AuroraтАЩs flirtatious and boisterous behavior is difficult for Eleanor to manage. More trying still are EleanorтАЩs growing feelings for Philip, and his for her. But will PhilipтАЩs strong sense of honor prevent him from following his heart?