The Spanish Doll — Elizabeth Renier

Charlotte Endacott had come across the ocean from America, to live in Devon with her great uncle, who would provide for her now that she was orphaned. Unaware that during the long voyage on the three-masted schooner, her great uncle had died, she now became the ward of her distant cousin Gervase, who at 26 was only 7 years older than she.

Shy, moody and extremely formal, Gervase was easy prey for Sophia, the elegant family friend who wanted himn for herself. And so Gervase was ready to marry Charlotte off to a good and willing suitor-despite their growing feelings for one another.

And so it would have gone, until Fate stepped in to sort things out-in a way that was totally unexpected and thououghly satisfactory to two young lovers...