And Falsely Pledge My Love — Mary Burchell

Mrs. Merriden was a benevolent autocrat whose rule over a small North-country village was cheerfully accepted by most of those whom it concerned.

But perhaps she went rather too far in engineering a fictitious engagement between her grandson, Robert, and the pretty school-mistress, Monica Page -- particularly as Monica considered that she had the best of reasons for disliking Robert.

It was a situation that even Mrs. Merriden was to find she couldn't completely control.

Hero: Robert Merriden
Heroine: Monica Page