Blair Chandler, the twin sister of Houston Chandler (the heroine of the novel “Scorching Ice”), was her opposite in every way. At Houston's request, and also wanting to annoy Leander, her fiancé, who annoyed Blair, she agrees to go to the governor's reception instead of her sister. Leander does not notice the substitution. But, perhaps, he even likes that his bride has stopped acting “like a lady.”