![]() ![]() Ferdinand takes everything in stride, however, and he slowly begins to realize that he doesn't want Viola to leave he's falling in love with her. Meanwhile, Viola tries everything possible to make Ferdinand's first country experience unbearable-including setting the villagers upon him with complaints and having a cockerel wake him before sunrise. Viola insists that the late Earl of Bamber left her the estate, and she determines to stay put until Ferdinand produces a copy of the earl's will that proves her wrong. ![]() Viola Thornhill, the "country lass" whom Ferdinand had met during the town's May Day celebration, has settled in Pinewood, and she has no intention of surrendering her home to a gambling London dandy. When Lord Ferdinand Dudley visits the small village of Trellick to examine Pinewood Manor, a small estate he won in a card game, he is surprised to find that the property hasn't been neglected or abandoned. Fraught with all the misunderstandings and misadventures typical of a Regency-era romance, this heartwarming sequel to Balogh's debut hardcover, More Than a Mistress, is a fun but familiar tale that fans of the period will savor. ![]()
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