Grace Anderson was certain her future was secure when she accepted the proposal of Jonathan Sinclair. When he dies unexpectedly, she is devastated, and even after five years, she has found no man who can equal the man she was to have married. Her mother has introduced uncountable bachelors to her, but she could not encourage them. A strange lady's maid reintroduces Grace to Mr. Adam Melbourne, a young man who had been as a younger brother to Jonathan. Despite her determination to ignore the cheerful gentleman, she thinks of the future once again. A companion novella to The Debutante, The Sinclair Society Book Two and Best Laid Plans, A Gentleman of Misfortune Book Two.