Craven House #1
Following the passing of his father and an
unforgivable act
by a family member ending in near ruin for his family,
Simon
Montgomery, the new Earl of Cartwright, is forced to
return
home without finishing his education. However, that
doesn’t
stop Cart from absorbing every morsel of knowledge he
can.
Unfortunately, doing so and applying his every
moment to
restoring his family’s lost heirlooms while seeing to his
sister’s upbringing and attempting to wrangle his
mother’s
frivolous spending habits has made him somewhat of a
recluse, a man unsure of how to live life unless it’s
focused around academia, order, and routine. But what
happens when Cart is faced with a woman as intelligent as
he
but far more cunning?
Miss Judith Pengarden has
lived her entire life under her
eldest sister’s firm yet loving guidance. When she
discovers
her family is in jeopardy of losing their home, Jude
decides
to use her skills to help them pay off their unsettled
debts. However, when Jude attempts to steal from the
wrong
house, she finds herself alone, locked in a dank room at
the
night watchman’s residence, and she vows to stop thinking
so
spontaneously and risking her family’s name to scandal.
Unfortunately, there are some loose ends that need to be
tied up before she can. Luckily for her, however, she may
have just met the man who can help her family and also
steal
a piece of her heart.
When Jude meets Lord
Cartwright at a London garden party, he
seems the perfect man to solve all her problems—a recluse
unfamiliar with London Society and studied in
antiquities. A
lord like none she has met, Jude soon realizes that Cart
is
more valuable to her than any painting, sculpture, or
vase.
But when she’s caught in possession of Cart’s long-lost
family heirloom, completely unaware of what it really
means,
can she convince him that things are far from what they
seem? That despite the deceit and subterfuge, her heart
is
in the right place. With her family…and with him.