A Season for the Heart — Elizabeth Chater

EVERY DAMSEL DESERVES SOME DISTRESS!

Filled with storybook notions, Miss Melpomene Rand yearns to be a tragic figure like the imperiled heroine of her favorite novella. But, alas, whenever she is hurled into a predicament, she comes to little harm. In fact, Pommy's greatest affliction is being bored to her wit's end while acting as her aunt's personal servant.

Pommy's aunt is a miserable creature; she never tires of mistreating Pommy and of calling her stories plain lies. Then one of Pommy's "fantasies" produces the gallant
Earl of Austell who, jaded by a life of luxury, sets out to rescue himself and Pommy from their mutual boredom.