Lacy's Dilemma — Barbara Reeves

A WEB WOVEN

Though her father's fortune has dwindled to naught, Lacy Ormund is determined to set up proper dowries for her three younger sisters. A considerable beauty, the sensible miss intends to wed some suitably well-heeled peer. And romance, Lacy contends, is of no concern whatsoever -- that is, until she is kissed by Gilbert Fanton, the dashing Earl of Estabrook.

A PLOT SPUN

An eminently acceptable candidate for matrimony, "Gib" Fanton will marry for no reason EXCEPT love -- and so woos the lovely Lacy... then falsely cries poverty to test her ardor. But it is his deception and not his alleged diminished fortunes that infuriates the spirited, enamored lady -- forcing the beleaguered lord to undertake the strenuous task of winning Lacy's hardened heart yet again.