The Indian Widow — Sarah Woodhouse

Once a scandalously lively girl, Lally Fletcher returns home from India and from her nightmare of a marriage. Penniless and dispirited, she almost embraces the genteel boredom of life as a poor relation in her cousin's household. But gradually Lally's old spirit begins to reassert itself - to the dismay of her family and the occasional consternation of her two very different suitors.