Luke Andrews, the Baron of Stockport, has left for England. He intends to marry and secure funds for his estate. However, while Luke is in London, his half-brother, Chadwick, is gambling the estate’s remaining money into oblivion and needs to devise his own plans to increase the family coffers.

Brigitta Blackburn lives in Stockport. Food and wood are scarce and she is starving. As a last ditch effort to feed herself, she sneaks onto the Baron’s land. Caught in the act of building a fire, she is escorted to the manse and offered a solution to her plight. Free on Kindle.