Period piece/regency era AU. Eowyn, lady of the impoverished and failing Edoras Hall, finds herself facing the prospect of an arranged marriage with the detestable Dr. Wormtongue as he aids her ailing uncle. However, at the ball with her friend Arwen, she encounters a mysterious stranger who might just capture her heart before Wormtongue can steal it away. Eowyn discovers love is not so simple as the first pair of eyes you meet across the room, and that perhaps meddling brothers and friends are not the best matchmakers.