From BackCover:
HATE, REVILE, AND DESPISE HER HANDSOME COUSIN? THE LADY DID PROTEST TOO MUCH!

Really, it was the outside of enough! Not only did Cordelia Renwick's bookish father intend to spend his summer engrossed in Shakespeare, but he invited his insufferable nephew to Stratford into the bargain. And though Cordelia grudgingly admitted that Miles Renwick cut quite the dashing figure, one more Shakespearean in the house was one too many for her.

She vowed to take refuge in the company of the much-sought-after Lord Peter Walsing. But as the summer wore on, it became clear that something was rotten in the estate of Walsing and Miles might still win Cordelia's heart -- if he could save her pretty neck... ( )