BOOK #4

Start with Lady Ferocity. She is bursting with feelings and prone
to laughing or crying. He is regularly gripped with strong
sentiments he keeps behind a mask of reserve. Very naturally, they
both go to great lengths to hide these deficiencies from one
another. Serenity Nicolet, fourth daughter of the Duke of Pelham,
girds herself to face her season. She sat last year out as her twin,
Patience, went forward. She'd hoped an extra year would bring progress in
regulating her wildly swinging emotions-a sunset, a sunrise, even a dead bee in
the garden, can all set her off. It is unlikely that any gentleman will wish for a
weeping bride. Sadly, she did not get far with her efforts. Roland Garner,
Marquess of Thorpe, and eldest son of the Duke of Mariton, was haunted all
his childhood by his sentimentality, and the younger brother who delighted in
pointing it out. He's older now, though, and has successfully donned a mask of
reserve and disinterest, as if nary a breeze ruffles his feathers. The ton has no
idea what lurks underneath that cool exterior and he plans to keep it that way.
Lord Charles, the marquess' younger brother, is perennially dissatisfied with his
position in life. He ought to have been born first, he'd make a better duke. As it
is, he soothes himself by competing with Thorpe on any and all fronts. When
he spots his brother's interest in Lady Serenity, the game is on.