When newly wealthy Sabina Jenkins' husband is killed on their wedding night, she is hesitant to step in high society until the Earl of Ashendon convinces her that it is her rightful place
To be taken with giant grains of salt: foolish mother of duke makes up story that woman found unconscious in the road is her son's wife so he can get money from elderly relative who wants to see him married, so even though son is against it, woman foolishly says it to pretty much everyone she meets, from the servants to the family, and so...if the woman weren't a fool and a duchess, there would be no plot.
the premises held promise, but the back cover description was a lot better than the book itself. Lucinda was almost an afterthought. The focus was much more on Dareth Farringdon's mother (good-hearted, but useless and silly, though still beautiful) and her antics. cute twist at the end concerning the inheritance.