"I was told I wasn't cute, and then my engagement was decided."

"You really do look like that woman. You have no charm." Clarissa Kirkland, the Earl's daughter, was not favored by her grandmother. This was because she was the daughter of the woman who had taken away her beloved son. After Clarissa's mother passed away and her father, the Earl, took a second wife who gave birth to a boy, Clarissa's position within the Kirkland Earldom became increasingly precarious. It was then that a marriage proposal came up for Clarissa. The other party was Timothy Halford, the Earl's son—the young man Clarissa had secretly set her heart upon. However, this proposal was being pushed forward by her grandmother, who was supposed to dislike Clarissa. Why would that be?