Where it all began: the love story of the Richmond siblings’ beloved parents. Prequel to the Rags to Richmonds series.
Tropes: novella • forbidden love • elopement • lost fortune • star-crossed lovers
What readers are saying
A story of family, betrayal, love, and heartache, all fitted into a novella. I was gripped from the start and read it straight through.
Amazon review, 5 stars
This book is like juicy bait… And I’m a very hungry fish! This story has me fully hooked on reading the future series.
Goodreads review, 5 stars
It is a pleasure to read and hard to put down; it has such a natural flow to it all. Impatiently waiting for more.
Bookbub review, 5 stars
Read an excerpt
“You are smitten!”
“I shall not deny it. I cannot stop thinking about her.”
“Ha!” Charles crowed, reaching to clap Robert on the shoulder. “But I do not understand. Why all the
secrecy?”
Robert took a deep breath and shook his head. “Mother and Father will not approve.”
“No title?”
Robert poked his stick into the mud. “She lacks more than a title.”
“No fortune?”
“No anything. She is the daughter of a weaver.”
Charles went completely still, and Robert held his breath. His eldest brother would be the litmus test for
the rest of his family’s opinion. If Charles could not be convinced that Susan was worthy of the Richmond name, there would not be a hope in hell of convincing the earl. He waited in miserable suspense until, just as he thought he could endure the agony no longer, Charles hiccupped and started to giggle. The giggling and the hiccupping both continued for a good while and only stopped when Charles was sick again.
Robert sighed. It was not an auspicious beginning. He pushed himself to his feet, brushed off his breeches, and, for the second time that night, pulled his brother to his feet.
“Come on, you great oaf. If it is all the same to you, I should like to see my bed before sunrise.”
