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