Lady Novella Crownley has been teaching at a girl?s school far fromher ancestral home, Crownley Hall, and one day her mother asks her toreturn. She leaves at once only to find that so much has changed since her last visit home. Her beloved father, the Earl of Crownley, haddied some years earlier, leaving her mother lonely and unable to copeon her own. Unknown to Novella her mother had remarried and the firsttime she met her new stepfather, Lord Buckton, she did like him atall. In her absence Lord Buckton had been selling off everything atthe Hall he could lay his hands on to pay for his debts and lavishlifestyle, and even had plans to sell the house and the estate aswell. To her horror Novella found that he had sold her favouritehorse, Salamander, to a near neighbour, Sir Edward Moreton. She wasdeeply suspicious of the charming and handsome Sir Edward, but herheart softened when he invited her to ride Salamander again. Hermother became seriously ill and Novella was forced to clash with herstepfather over the cost of medical care for her. Her relationshipwith her stepfather became worse while her feelings for Sir Edwardbegan to intensify. She came to realise that she was in great dangerfrom her stepfather who was determined to take everything from her and her mother at any cost. How Novella was able to defeat the forcesranged against her with the help of Sir Edward and find her own truelove is told in this exciting and dramatic romance by BARBARACARTLAND.
Lady Novella Crownley has been teaching at a girl?s school far fromher ancestral home, Crownley Hall, and one day her mother asks her toreturn. She leaves at once only to find that so much has changed since her last visit home. Her beloved father, the Earl of Crownley, haddied some years earlier, leaving her mother lonely and unable to copeon her own. Unknown to Novella her mother had remarried and the firsttime she met her new stepfather, Lord Buckton, she did like him atall. In her absence Lord Buckton had been selling off everything atthe Hall he could lay his hands on to pay for his debts and lavishlifestyle, and even had plans to sell the house and the estate aswell. To her horror Novella found that he had sold her favouritehorse, Salamander, to a near neighbour, Sir Edward Moreton. She wasdeeply suspicious of the charming and handsome Sir Edward, but herheart softened when he invited her to ride Salamander again. Hermother became seriously ill and Novella was forced to clash with herstepfather over the cost of medical care for her. Her relationshipwith her stepfather became worse while her feelings for Sir Edwardbegan to intensify. She came to realise that she was in great dangerfrom her stepfather who was determined to take everything from her and her mother at any cost. How Novella was able to defeat the forcesranged against her with the help of Sir Edward and find her own truelove is told in this exciting and dramatic romance by BARBARACARTLAND.
