For many years, Piers Westhaven and Alice Penhallow were connected only by friendly ties... But now, it seems, everything has changed. How can you recognize a modest, inconspicuous provincial girl in a brilliant beauty who is making a splash in London society? How can you not notice the feminine charm of the one who makes your heart beat faster? How can he finally extinguish the flame of irresistible passion, knowing that the widowed Alice is free and maybe should belong to him?