Inside the story
Meet Olive Stirling
Olive Stirling is Valancy’s cousin and the acknowledged beauty and paragon of the Stirling family. She is engaged and endlessly admired, and has been held up to Valancy throughout her life as everything Valancy is not.
On the page
A stunning young woman with rich golden-brown hair elaborately dressed under a sparkling bandeau, large brilliant blue eyes with thick silken lashes, a rose-and-snow complexion, fine white regular teeth, and a dimple; a slightly heavy mouth.
