An overlooked Lady, a guarded Viscount, and a secret that could ruin everything. Can a woman who has always believed herself unlovable learn to trust that she has finally been seen?
For years, Lady Rosalind Hartley kept her father’s house and was prized for nothing but her usefulness, until she came to believe she was simply too plain and too forgettable to ever be loved. But when her warm-hearted aunt sweeps her away to London for Christmas, Rosalind blossoms in a way she never dreamed possible — and finds herself noticed at last. A viscount’s sudden regard, however, is far easier to distrust than to welcome.
James, Viscount Dover, has spent two years being pursued for his title by every matchmaking mama in London, and has long since learned to trust no one’s interest. Yet he noticed Lady Rosalind well before the fine gowns and the admiring glances — when she stood in her plainest gray, quietly mending a ruined evening and asking nothing for it. He knows exactly what he saw. The difficulty will be convincing Rosalind that he saw her at all.
But as the lights and laughter of a London Christmas swirl around them both, a whisper begins to move through the ballrooms — a secret about Rosalind’s birth that could cost her everything she has only just dared to hope for. Will Rosalind find the courage to believe she is worthy of love? And when the truth comes out, will Lord Dover stand at her side, or will society’s cruelty cost them both the happiness within their reach?
Genre: Inspirational
For years, Lady Rosalind Hartley kept her father’s house and was prized for nothing but her usefulness, until she came to believe she was simply too plain and too forgettable to ever be loved. But when her warm-hearted aunt sweeps her away to London for Christmas, Rosalind blossoms in a way she never dreamed possible — and finds herself noticed at last. A viscount’s sudden regard, however, is far easier to distrust than to welcome.
James, Viscount Dover, has spent two years being pursued for his title by every matchmaking mama in London, and has long since learned to trust no one’s interest. Yet he noticed Lady Rosalind well before the fine gowns and the admiring glances — when she stood in her plainest gray, quietly mending a ruined evening and asking nothing for it. He knows exactly what he saw. The difficulty will be convincing Rosalind that he saw her at all.
But as the lights and laughter of a London Christmas swirl around them both, a whisper begins to move through the ballrooms — a secret about Rosalind’s birth that could cost her everything she has only just dared to hope for. Will Rosalind find the courage to believe she is worthy of love? And when the truth comes out, will Lord Dover stand at her side, or will society’s cruelty cost them both the happiness within their reach?
Genre: Inspirational