Seduction

As a young girl, Anne Elliot followed the advice of her maternal friend Lady Russell. She allowed reason to triumph over her heart and broke off her engagement to the rising Captain Wentworth, despite loving him, leaving him deeply disappointed. Almost eight years later, now 27, she encounters him again as her family, due to financial hardship, must rent their estate to his sister. He has since become a wealthy and respected captain, while she is now merely passed around among her sisters as an "old maid." The circumstances have changed completely: he is the sought-after bachelor, and she is a not-so-young woman who has slightly faded without prospects. But what about their feelings for each other? Can he forgive her rejection? What influence does Lady Russell's advice still have on Anne?.