An Innocent Miss(2001)

Sylvia AndrewElizabeth Bailey

THE STEEPWOOD SCANDAL: — A young woman disappears. — A husband is suspected of murder. — Stirring times for all the neighborhood — When the debauched Marquis of Sywell won Steepwood Abbey years ago at cards, it led to the death of the then Earl of Yardley. Now he's caused scandal again by marrying a girl out of his class -- and young enough to be his granddaughter! After being married only a short time, the Marchioness has disappeared, leaving no trace of her whereabouts. There is every expectation that yet more scandals will emerge, though no one yet knows just how shocking they will be.

The four villages surrounding the Steepwood Abbey estate are in turmoil, not only with the dire goings-on at the Abbey, but also with their own affairs. Each story in The Steepwood Scandal follows the mystery behind the disappearance of the young woman, and the individual romances of lovers connected in some way with the intrigue.