Cressida "Cressy" Vale was the youngest in a family of thin, glamorous, beautiful women. Only she wasn't thin or glamorous, and only the kindest of souls would ever call her beautiful. Which was why Nicolas Talbot's interest in her was so surprising. Yet since meeting Cressy he had become a regular knight in shining armour, offering her a place to stay and his undivided attention.

Cressy was half in love with him already. But did Nicolas regard Cressy as merely a damsel in distress or his modern-day Cinderella?