Meg Quincy, while mindful of her position as a lady's maid, draws the devilishly handsome Lord Beaumont like a moth to a flame. So how can he become betrothed to Meg's nightmare of a mistress? But Meg's employer, Lady Semple, possesses a heart-wrenching secret. At its center is Meg--and a daring deception that will change her life forever.

A spinster artist desperate to avoid marriage finds herself forced to marry a rakish lord in this witty historical romance. Miss Emilie Catesby lives to paint, but when her mother threatens to take her oils away if she doesn’t marry, she must either recklessly ruin herself, or marry jaded Lord Marcus. And when she finds herself compromised into a marriage of convenience with Marcus, her decision is made for her! However, she’s now surprised to discover her wifely duties hold much more appeal than her paints . . . “What I love about Ms. Tyner’s work [is that] she takes what is a very basic trope and storyline and gives it a twist and it ends up being fresh and new.” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals on To Win a Wallflower

Reproduction of the original: The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant

Set during the Georgian era, a nefarious plot is hatched against a perfectly innocent young woman, heiress to a merchant ship owner's fortune, by a pair of amoral aristocrats who scheme to marry her off as a means to steal away her vast wealth and jewels.

Semple reveals the techniques behind "The Secret of the Golden Flower"--an extraordinary statement about the inevitability of karma and the obstacles one must overcome in the quest for self-realization.