Elinor Dennis is engaged to the Honorable Phil Compton or, as her second cousin John Tatham thinks of him, "the dis-honourable Phil Compton." Elinor has been told of Compton''s reputation, but in her naïveté she cannot see the truth, even when he persuades her to provide him with an alibi for a time when certain financial records disappeared from a business with which he was involved...A wonderful, well-written thrilling and vigorous novel. A must-have for classic epic romance fans! (Goodreads)

Elinor Dennis is engaged to the Honorable Phil Compton or, as her second cousin John Tatham thinks of him, "the dis-honourable Phil Compton." Elinor has been told of Compton''s reputation, but in her naïveté she cannot see the truth, even when he persuades her to provide him with an alibi for a time when certain financial records disappeared from a business with which he was involved...A wonderful, well-written thrilling and vigorous novel. A must-have for classic epic romance fans! (Goodreads)