You'd find life much less fraught if you learned to trust people a little, Charlotte. You're always so ready to believe the worst of others ...' But Charlotte Spencer was scared to let herself follow her instincts where Oliver Tennant was concerned. How could she respond to him as an attractive man when he was also a business rival who might be playing a deeper game? In any case, what had a country bumpkin like herself to offer a sophisticated man about town? Better by far to put all thoughts of love aside...