The illegitimate child of runaway lovers, lovely young Areta is condemned after her parents' to life in the shadow of her beloved and equally beautiful cousin Lady Millicent⊠Despised by her aunt and uncle as a "bastard child", she's fated never to be a dĂ©butante like Millicent, never to attend glamorous Society balls⊠and never to marryâŠ
Unless it's as part of her plan to save Millicent from a cynically arranged marriage to the Duke of Kerncliffe! After all, the two girls have always looked so very much alike â how hard can it be? But even she weaves her web of deceit, Areta dreads what will happen when the Duke discovers he's married the Wrong Duchess.