"Desire, the fourth daughter of the respectable and uneventful Gordon family, was known for her sassy and grumpy spirit. So now that she had reached marriageable age, the bets were open: Would she or would she not fall under the spell of a lord? And if so, which one? It was even the stakes of a challenge for some of them to make her accept a dance. Tonight was the occasion of a new ball where she looked at the room with a furrowed brow, visibly displeased and annoyed, absently sipping her glass of champagne."