In the Darths and Droids universe, Georgette Heyer's historical romances do not exist, and neither does most of the Vorkosigan saga. But a group of gamers are about to invent them...

Charlotte Aubrey, a mysterious young woman, is travelling to be reunited with her twin sister. She and her manservant meet the Alistairs by chance on the road and thus begins an most unusual friendship with a most unusual woman.