Resourceful, adventurous and utterly indefatigable, Sophy is hardly the mild-mannered girl that the Rivenhalls expect when they agree to take her in. Kind-hearted Aunt Lizzy is shocked; stern Cousin Charles and his humourless fianc e Eugenia are disapproving. With her inimitable mixture of exuberance and grace, Sophy soon sets about endearing herself to her family, but finds herself increasingly drawn to her cousin - can she really be falling in love with him, and he with her? And what of his betrothal to Eugenia?