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After sacrificing her social standing to escape her stepbrother’s tyranny, Lucy Parnell lives as a governess and takes a long‑overdue holiday to the Isle of Man. The trip, however, turns into a personal quest that her stepbrother will go to great lengths to thwart.
While stranded and homeless following the theft of her belongings, Lucy finds an unlikely champion in the roguish Roderick Kempthorne. He offers her shelter at the estate of the Earl of Steyne, and although wary of his intentions, she accepts his invitation. As Lucy entrusts her search to Roderick, she also opens her heart to him, discovering a love she never thought possible.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Nancy Butler
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