Everyone saw them as a perfect match!

"People aren't chess pieces to be pushed around, Maman," Piers said. "I've no intention of tying myself to a girl I don't love."

"You can't be serious!" Amanda's astonishment was clear. "Me, marry
Piers Dubray? Why I haven't seen him since I was a kid."

With two people so set against even meeting, much less marrying, what could be done? Mothers, friends, even Fate, all had a hand in it--but in the end, Piers and Amanda were simply caught in their own trap. Happily!