The arrival of the new
Earl of Hawkesbury has the entire village aflutter—everyone except Lavinia
Ellison, that is. In fact, in Livvie’s eyes, he is just as arrogant and thoughtless
as his brother—who stole the most important person in her world.
Nicholas is weighed
down by guilt, by ancestral obligations, and by the legacy of war. He hadn’t
anticipated that a perfunctory visit home would engage either his mind or his
heart. Then the hoydenish, intelligent, and very opinionated Miss Ellison
challenges him to see past his pain and pride. But between society’s
opposition, his brother’s reckless past, and a shocking family secret, there
may be too many obstacles for the two of them to ever truly get along.