Felicity Waverley has been raised to champion women's independence and secretly writes a daring novel about a female rake. In public she dismisses conventional romance, yet in private she is far less certain of her own heart. Her spirited opinions attract the attention of an experienced titled gentleman who refuses to be easily discouraged. As fiction and real life begin to mirror one another, Felicity faces both an unexpected love match and the final secret surrounding the Waverley sisters' origins.