An earl’s daughter sets her cap at a worldly yet absent-minded man of science. Challenge accepted!

She has sparkle to spare . . .

At Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, Lady Radiance falls in love . . . with gemstones! Jewelry-making becomes her passion, until a dash-fire geologist captures her fancy in the lecture hall. What will it take to catch his eye in the ballroom?

He’s doesn’t have time to be a babysitter!

Well-traveled and daring, Professor Edward Lockwood accepts Queen Victoria’s delicate assignment, although he’s confounded when partnered with a fiery-haired, quick-witted aristocratic lady. An intriguing union, as long as she doesn’t distract him!