When Rose Golightly accompanies her family on a visit to their cousins in Yorkshire, she doesn't expect a run down house and the love of her life, but this is what she finds. The once great Hareton Abbey is run down, ruinous. The only other guests at Hareton are the Southwoods, intimidating and haughty leaders of society.
A double tragedy throws Rose into the company of Richard Kerre, Lord Strang, eldest son to the Earl of Southwood, when he is seriously wounded in the coach accident which leaves two people dead. But Richard is to marry the frigid Julia Cartwright in a few weeks, and has deliberately closed his heart to love. They discover that what at first appeared accidental was in fact a deliberate act of sabotage. Rose and Richard set out to solve the mystery. Can Rose trust her instincts, ignoring Richard's reputation as a seducer? Can they clear Rose's family name by discovering her cousins' killer?
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