It was a terrible choice for her

Yet Kit Landor was as implacable as his piercing blue eyes when he told Charlotte,

"You'll marry me or Uncle Joe gets what's coming to him."

Charlotte couldn't let her beloved uncle go to prison. Besides, Kit was too attractive for his own good, and Charlotte was not immune to his charms.

But she wasn't going to let him have things all his own way. Why should she--especially when he really wanted the glamorous Veronica.