The Amateur Gentleman — Jeffery Farnol

This is a story of adventure, daring and love. And who could be more entrancing than the gloriously beautiful, proud, unpredictable heroine? But I lost my heart to handsome, brave, honest Barnabas. I know you too will adore the man who thought he had lost the fight for his heart's desire... only to find, in the last round, he had won!