He came to abandon his inheritance.
Instead, he finds a stranger tied to its memory.
The water at Northmere keeps nothing hidden. On still mornings, the surface holds every reflection like a confession—truth laid bare on glass. Elizabeth Bennet carries truths that could get her killed.She arrived in the dead of winter, running from a crime she would commit again without hesitation. She expected to hide. She did not expect the lake to shatter her leg, or the man who owned the estate to set the bone with shaking hands, or the ancient healing waters to wake at her presence after years of silence.
Fitzwilliam Darcy came to Northmere to sell a ruin he never wanted. Instead, he found a woman in his house he cannot send away—injured, furious, brilliant, and hiding something behind those watchful eyes that keeps him awake long after the house goes dark. Every day she stays, his reasons for selling grow thinner. Every day she stays, the danger following her draws closer.
The water is clear when they are honest. It goes dark when they lie. And they are both lying about everything that matters.
Genre: Paranormal Romance