This novel has a rather gothic mystery plot which requires a suspension of disbelief that I just couldn't give it. When Lucinda meets Douglas, an instant attraction springs up between them, Edgerton goes ballistic, and the old tragedy threatens the happiness of a new generation. She also learns that Edgerton's pretty daughter Alethea has broken this rule she met and fell in love with Alex in London. Lucinda learns quickly that according to Edgerton the first rule of Southfield is that you never have contact with any Belington, and the second rule of Southfield is that you never have contact with any Belington.

Pernelia's son Edgerton is a different kettle of fish - a cold, nasty man who rules his cowed family absolutely. At Southfield, Lucinda immediately likes her Aunt Pernelia, who is recovering from a hip injury sustained in a fall. Her parents are iffy about letting her go, since there was a tragedy there many years ago and there are rumors about the place and the people.ĭouglas Wyndham, Earl of Belington owns nearby Ravensbrook Manor, where he lives with his younger brother Alex. Lucinda, already under pressure to marry a revolting local widower, offers to forego her half and to go to her Aunt Pernelia at Southfield as a companion instead.

Their father Baron Linley had been able through careful management to dower all five of the married girls, but when the youngest, Henrietta, fell in love with Lord Carlton, there was not enough for two dowries, and Carlton would not marry her without it. Miss Lucinda Linley is the second oldest of seven sisters she and her sister Henrietta are the only unmarried ones remaining. Woman of Little Importance by Sheila WalshĬomplete Alphabetical Retro Read List * * * Browsing Retro Read titles (newest first) * * * Book reviews by author Substitute Bridegroom by Charlotte Louise Dolan Regency Rose by Caroline Brooks (Rebecca Baldwin) Miss Davenport's Christmas by Marion Chesney

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