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Jenna, believing the last of the Deveril line dead, is determined to buy the great old Yorkshire Hall to claim it for her daughter Lucy and heal painful memories tied to Lucy’s birth. Her hopes are interrupted when a man who looks like the legendary Regency rake from a portrait arrives; her dreams of romance turn into reality. However, the arrival of James Allingham, a direct descendant of the Deveril family’s black sheep, threatens to upend her plans altogether, as his powerful yearnings pull Jenna into a battle between love, inheritance, and the haunting past of the Deverils.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Penny Jordan
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