Melissande Author:Diana Delmore Arrogant and Most Improper ....was the only way to describe Gideon Maitland. The handsome Marquess of Rochedale, he dared to steal a kiss from the lovely Melissande de Castellane when they met by chance by his curricle. Later, after a proper introduction, the young noblewoman was positively aghast to discover that the scoundrel was none other th... more »an her late stepfather's heir, the very man who planned to sell her family's ancestral home!« less