Captain James Garbrae and Lady Catherine Montgomery are to be married; not because they want to be, not because they love each other, but because their families need them to be.
Captain Garbrae - hard-working, handsome, passionate, and determined - sacrifices love for the inheritance of a cotton mill and for the chance to shape a better future for those he employs.
Lady Catherine - privileged, beautiful, sharp-witted, and sharper tongued - sacrifices her chance of a future with a.
A charm of magpies, paperback/Evita O'malley
