A thrifty, industrious, wholesome bride is what he needed. Certainly not an exotic aristocrat like Clarissa Beaumont, who set trends and dazzled suitors with equal passion.A more unsuitable wife St. John Sandiford found impossible to imagine! Why then couldn't he get Clarissa out of his mind - or his heart?Though Sinjin Sandiford was rightly called and "hero, and " he could sometimes fall short of and "gentleman, and " Lady Beaumont fumed. Why, the cad had refused her help in making an advantageous match - yet still he managed to stir the most unseemly feelings within her....