Book 4: The Reluctant Lords
A woman on the own…
When scandal forces Verity Bromley to flee her family, she has no choice but to make it on her own. As the fallen daughter of a baron, she is ruined in the eyes of local society. Unable to find suitable employment, and winter approaching, she seeks shelter in a vacant manor house.
A soldier home from war…
William, Lord Carlisle, is a shell of his former self. Returning from war to a hero’s welcome, he wants nothing more than to hide from the society he can no longer relate to. Arriving at his dilapidated estate in Cambridge, he is surprised to find it occupied by none other than the sister of the friend he left behind.
A final battle for love….
Unable to resist a woman in need, Will strikes a bargain with Portia––he’ll let her to stay in through the winter in exchange for her setting his estate to rights. But as winter makes way to spring, ghosts from Will’s past follow him from the battlefield, and they must overcome the threats to the happiness neither thought they deserved.