Poppy Girl — Jacqueline Gilbert

Feathering his own nest -- was that his aim?

Philippa Ingram accepted calmly the news that she was a possible heir to the Copperthwaite Wool Mills of Cumbria.

The prospect of fortune did not overwhelm her, but a certain Frenchman did. On holiday in Avignon, the sensible Philippa allowed herself to be swept off her feet by a man described as a "heartbreaker," definitely "not husband material."

But marriage to Philippa was on Francis Balfour's mind -- and she feared his motivation did not match her own....

Hero: Francis Balfour
Heroine: Philippa Ingram