The Ruby Pendant — Mary Nichols

It had seemed such an innocent thing to do, Juliette thought, to allow the French prisoner-of-war to paint her portrait, but the resulting picture … showing her as a jeweled French aristocrat … so distressed her mother that Lady Martindale packed Juliette straight off to London for her Season. And when Viscount Martindale organized his young friend Mr. Philip Devonshire to escort his wife and daughter, Juliette understood her parents wanted her wrapped in the safety of marriage. But why? Only when she was wrenched from her sheltered home into war-torn France … and into the loving arms of Philippe Deveraux … did she begin to find the answers…

Heroine: Juliette Martindale