Seduction of Sebastian Trantor

A novella, previously published in the print anthology It Happened One Season.

Sebastian Trantor is in need of a wife. But although he''s scouted the ballrooms, drawing rooms, and salons of London, he''s yet to find a single worthwhile candidate in the young ladies paraded before him. They simper; they giggle; they are completely unsuitable.

Then, he discovers Tabitha Makepeace—breaking into a desk!...