About the book: 2012 / At ten years old, Miranda Cheever did not promise to become a beauty, and only a family friend, young Nigel Bevelstock, the subject of her secret childhood crush, guessed what a beautiful flower this humble bud would grow into. Years passed and Miss Cheever truly blossomed. She has a lot of fans, but her heart still belongs to Nigel. However, he, who went through the hell of the Napoleonic Wars, stubbornly refuses to see Miranda as an adult girl. Meanwhile, Miranda is not a child. She is quite capable of awakening the flame of new love in Nigel…