The Curate, the Chit, & the Calling Card

Cecilia Greene has loved The Honourable Mr. Lyle Kirkford since she was fifteen and he was a brilliant young Curate who did not know she existed. Freshly presented at court and intent on getting him to notice her, Cecilia enters her first ball of the London Season armed with the most popular theological essay in England. Her plan fails miserably and, pride stung, Cecilia determines that she wants no part of him.However, when their paths meet again, she inadvertently captures his attention. And then he begins to call...and call again...and ask her to dance...and remember everything she says. It soon becomes apparent that Mr. Kirkford has finally turned his attention toward her, but Cecilia must now determine if her cautious pride is worth setting aside for a man who took too long to realize she existed.A witty and Romantic Victorian Novella set within the world of The Bride, The Birds, and The Bees.