Valerie

Because Valerie Ford is tall with lion-like eyes and hair, her aunt chooses her to come to Troy Fenners to act as model for Aunt Loo's latest heroine, Gloria. Valerie is expected to accomplish amazing feats-and to attend séances with a distant French cousin and a handsome, though poor, scholar. Why does her rich aunt seem so poor? Valerie finds the mysteries piling up . . . Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Coventry