\"Malvina is young, beautiful ? but most of all very rich. She dreamsof marrying a man that loves her, and whom she in turn can loveforever. Unfortunately her father has other ideas. Only too aware ofthe fortune hunters that prey on vulnerable young heiresses, he isdetermined she should marry the boy next door, Charles Arram, the sonof the Marquis of Arramford.
But Malvina has other ideas. Feistyand independent, she is horrified at the idea of marriage to astranger, even a stranger that will unite their great families andensure that their family estate becomes one of the most prestigious in England.
Learning that the man her father intends for her isliving a life of gaiety amongst the most beautiful women of the BeauMonde in Paris, Malvina becomes even more disillusioned. How can shepossibly compete with the famous courtesans and actresses? Moreimportantly does she want to even try?
As her father leaves forScotland, Malvina decides she will snatch the chance to travelincognito to Paris, where she will be able to see Charles Arramwithout him knowing he is being spied on. Taking her old Nanny alongas a chaperone, she is sure that this will give her the opportunity to find out if this is a man she can love.
Astounded at the decadence of Paris Society, a million miles away from her austere FrenchConvent School, Malvina is soon learning a different kind of education amongst the wealthy men and famous cocottes. Are the salons of Parisreally the place for an innocent abroad?
Risking her fatherscertain disapproval, and befriended by the Duc de Lavissé, the brother of her old school friend, Malvina will stop at nothing to discoverthe secrets of true love as she plunges headlong into the steamy world of the Beau Monde.\"
\´Malvina is young, beautiful ? but most of all very rich. She dreamsof marrying a man that loves her, and whom she in turn can loveforever. Unfortunately her father has other ideas. Only too aware ofthe fortune hunters that prey on vulnerable young heiresses, he isdetermined she should marry the boy next door, Charles Arram, the sonof the Marquis of Arramford.
But Malvina has other ideas. Feistyand independent, she is horrified at the idea of marriage to astranger, even a stranger that will unite their great families andensure that their family estate becomes one of the most prestigious in England.
Learning that the man her father intends for her isliving a life of gaiety amongst the most beautiful women of the BeauMonde in Paris, Malvina becomes even more disillusioned. How can shepossibly compete with the famous courtesans and actresses? Moreimportantly does she want to even try?
As her father leaves forScotland, Malvina decides she will snatch the chance to travelincognito to Paris, where she will be able to see Charles Arramwithout him knowing he is being spied on. Taking her old Nanny alongas a chaperone, she is sure that this will give her the opportunity to find out if this is a man she can love.
Astounded at the decadence of Paris Society, a million miles away from her austere FrenchConvent School, Malvina is soon learning a different kind of education amongst the wealthy men and famous cocottes. Are the salons of Parisreally the place for an innocent abroad?
Risking her fatherscertain disapproval, and befriended by the Duc de Lavissé, the brother of her old school friend, Malvina will stop at nothing to discoverthe secrets of true love as she plunges headlong into the steamy world of the Beau Monde.\´
