When Aurelie Harcourt\'s father dies in debtor\'s prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll.
When Aurelie decides to complete her father\'s unfinished serial novel, writing the family into the story as unflattering characters, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while search.
Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company.
Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment.
When Aurelie Harcourt\'s father dies in debtor\'s prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll