Book description
Sophie Woodville’s return to Wenham is not a happy one. Her secret marriage to George, heir to the Woodville baronetcy, brought shame to their respective families and scandalized the small Dorset town. Now George is dead, tragically young, and Sophie must swallow her pride. In Wenham, the Woodvilles have fallen on hard times: the estate is in desperate financial straits, and Carson, its wild and dissolute heir, has fast brought the Woodville name into disrepute. Then rescue for the Woodville fortunes appears in an unlikely form: Carson, darling of Dorset’s maids and scourge of their fathers, must marry for money, as his father before him – just as Sophie is swept into a passionate attachment most unsuitable for a rector’s daughter.
