For a heart-stopping moment Alisa longed to turn and run There inside the ballroom was George IV and beside him the Earl of Keswick, the gentleman who had so recently made her such as outrageous proposition When Alisa is persuaded to visit London and further her sister's ambitious schemes to enter fashionable society, she little imagines how a visit backstage will change the lives of Penelope and herself The venture brings success but disaster looms when Penelope's eagerness for a rich husband almost precipitates them into a shocking scandal