Do you realise Corinna just how hard it is for a young womanampampnbspof irregular birthampampnbspwithout family fortune or friends in the world Marriage is the only way to get any chance of a life.Following the death of her mother Corinna Ormesby has lived a quiet life in the countryside with her cantankerous Cousin Agnes. Her fathers identity has been a tantalising mystery but now at nineteen Corinna knows that finding him may be her only way to avoid marriage to the odious Mr Beech.Deciding to head to London Corinna dons a male disguise. Travelling alone as a young woman risks scandal and danger but when masquerading as a youth she is befriended by three dashing blades handsome and capable Alick Wolfe dandy Ferdinand Shilton and the incorrigible Lord Purfoy Corinna now has access to the maleonly world of Regency England.