An Unconventional Courtship

From the back cover - For one of her tender years, Miss Cleone Latham had a great number of things to do. As a grateful poor relation in an aristocratic household, she had to manage affairs so that her great-uncle, Lord Brestwick, would not topple over the abyss of financial ruin. As a fond cousin, she had to help headstrong Philip Hardwicke escape the dreadful consequences of his folly at the gaming table. As as a young lady of good conscience, she had to make the enamoured Earl of Altern see the selfish, shallow nature that lay under the surface of her ravshing cousin Emerald Hardwicke. Of course, if the only way to save Altern from Emerald's clutches was to take this heartquickening gentleman in hand herself, it was a task that Cleone was happy to undertake. It was, in fact, a labor of love...