Debutante's Daydream
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As a debutante, Carolyn had hoped for a glorious and romantic season. After returning to London from her stint in America, she is ready to enter society and step into her title as Marchioness. A last born son like John knows he shouldn't want things he can't have. However, after bumping into a debutante at her first ball, he found himself wanting. A foreign concept for a recluse such as he. With each secret meeting and blurted word the two fumble their way into love. But will she be ripped from him just as he always feared would happen if he let himself love?
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