![]() ![]() Lady Payne takes Thea to London to prepare for her interview with the Committee for Privileges and, perhaps, to find a husband to strengthen her claim to the earldom. Thea, having lived a secluded and informal existence, seeks help from her kind neighbor, Lady Stella Payne. A London gossip rag has twisted Thea’s hard work and sacrifice into a malicious story of greed and murder, and the new duke plans to press his claim in the House of Lords. ![]() The new duke, Garrett Fairfax, hopes to take Ladykyrk for its mineral stores, but Scottish law allows Thea, a woman, to inherit. They retreated to his remote Ladykyrk Estate in Scotland for privacy, where she cared for him and managed his estates until his death. ![]() When dementia afflicted her beloved grandfather, the Duke of Ferr-Colby, Countess Theodora Worth stepped in. An earl’s daughter raised in the wilds of Northumberland must fight for her title and home with the help of a dashing lord who has sworn off love. ![]()
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