Folly to Be Wise

Tessa was happy and content with her carefree life on her Dartmoor farm home, with her horses and the uncomplicated companionship of her childhood friend Dick. So when she acquired an unwelcome admirer, she fended off his attention by telling him she was secretly engaged to Max Soames, the wealthy local lord of the manor who had been abroad for several years. Unfortunately, Max chose this unsuitable moment to come home and promptly claim Tessa as his 'fiancée'. How could she extricate herself from this tangled web she had so impulsively woven?