When the heart longs for what it cannot have, toes aren't safe in the ballroom.Edith Howard has long mourned the loss of Clarence. He was more than the boy next door. He was her dearest friend until he left without word or warning. But when Clarence makes a surprise return the London season of 1763, the gentleman standing before her bears little resemblance to the boy she used to know. What happened to Clarence, and why is he back? A chance encounter might be just the ticket Clarence needs to convince Edith he always has been and always will be hers. If only she wasn't listening to those dangerous street preachers. Clarence doesn't know how to save the lady he loves from believing the world will end on February 28th. Or, for that matter, how to show her all that's in his heart. What will it take for Edith to see the man Clarence is today? And dare she let him back into her life when she doesn't know what drove him away the first time? This clean, historical romance novelette is written in dual first person with faith content and has a happily-ever-after.