Surely no one had so little in common with Miranda Troy as did Charles Hastings, despite their mothers' maddening insistence that they should wed. Miranda adored landscape gardening on her family's quiet country estate, while the only gardening that interested Mr. Hastings was sowing wild oats!

"The Loves of the Lady Arabella" by Molly Elliot Seawell is a 19th century book much in the vein of other romances of the time period. The book follows the titular character as she lives the trials and tribulations of being wooed and romanced by multiple suitors on her search for her happily ever after life. This book has captured audiences for over a hundred years and continues to to this day.