A CHANCE ENCOUNTER Adriana Northing and James Westford forged a secret friendship in childhood. When he arranges for her to taste the wider world it bears consequences of which neither would have ever dreamt, and as it propels Adriana into the society of London with all its intoxicating splendour and intrigue, loyalty, trust and love are tested. ...but his death at such a ripe old age could not conveniently be avoided I suppose... - "A great snippet of dialogue. It's exactly this kind of sly humour, that Jane Austen did so well, that earns for Regency fiction the tag, 'comedy of manners'." - Sue Moorcroft, Author The Price of Freedom is the first book in the Northing Trilogy, by Stephanie Huesler.