The Baronet's Prize
(2021)(The first book in the North Riding Novellas series)
A Story by Valerie Holmes
Yorkshire, England, 1816.
In a foreign land one solitary card is turned that changes Miss Eleanor Richards’ future forever…
Horace Richards, heir to the Kinsley Hall Estate dies in France, after losing everything to Sir Christian Leigh-Bolton, an officer from the Peninsular Wars.
Having lived in Kinsley Hall all her life, Eleanor, his younger, desirable, unmarried sister hears the terrible news from his widow Jemima. Shaken beyond belief, Eleanor has no time to gather all her personal belongings together and move them to a safe place before being told to leave.
Spurned by her aunt, a nearby relative, Eleanor seeks refuge with Mrs Minerva Jennings her mother’s retired companion in a small cottage on the estate.
Sir Christian encountered Horace, a fellow officer at the gambling table. Christian, an unwilling observer to the man’s fall, stepped in when vultures circled the hapless fool as he threw his inheritance into the pot. Christian, sober and astute, was able to win with ease. He returns to England to claim his prize and assume new responsibilities as a landowner and overseer. He also must fulfil a promise to Horace, a dying man.
From the ashes of her past life, Eleanor has to find a way to reclaim her belongings. To do that she has to encounter the handsome Sir Christian who has taken her beloved home from her - but how?
When she does, she finds him undeniably attractive, annoying, and yet is instantly drawn to him.
Eleanor and Minerva Jennings create a plan to rescue Eleanor’s future. Can they succeed? Is her destiny set? Or will the attraction she feels for Sir Christian betray their subterfuge and turn Eleanor’s world upside down once more? Or could Eleanor make Christian regret his Baronet’s prize?
"A delicious Regency! Eleanor is horrified to be made homeless by her brother's gambling debts and still more disturbed to find herself falling in love with the man who won the estate. Valerie Holmes resolves this dilemma in a spirited tale that keeps you turning the pages until the final "Ah!" of satisfaction."
GL Robinson, New York USA, Regency romance author.
Genre: Historical Romance
In a foreign land one solitary card is turned that changes Miss Eleanor Richards’ future forever…
Horace Richards, heir to the Kinsley Hall Estate dies in France, after losing everything to Sir Christian Leigh-Bolton, an officer from the Peninsular Wars.
Having lived in Kinsley Hall all her life, Eleanor, his younger, desirable, unmarried sister hears the terrible news from his widow Jemima. Shaken beyond belief, Eleanor has no time to gather all her personal belongings together and move them to a safe place before being told to leave.
Spurned by her aunt, a nearby relative, Eleanor seeks refuge with Mrs Minerva Jennings her mother’s retired companion in a small cottage on the estate.
Sir Christian encountered Horace, a fellow officer at the gambling table. Christian, an unwilling observer to the man’s fall, stepped in when vultures circled the hapless fool as he threw his inheritance into the pot. Christian, sober and astute, was able to win with ease. He returns to England to claim his prize and assume new responsibilities as a landowner and overseer. He also must fulfil a promise to Horace, a dying man.
From the ashes of her past life, Eleanor has to find a way to reclaim her belongings. To do that she has to encounter the handsome Sir Christian who has taken her beloved home from her - but how?
When she does, she finds him undeniably attractive, annoying, and yet is instantly drawn to him.
Eleanor and Minerva Jennings create a plan to rescue Eleanor’s future. Can they succeed? Is her destiny set? Or will the attraction she feels for Sir Christian betray their subterfuge and turn Eleanor’s world upside down once more? Or could Eleanor make Christian regret his Baronet’s prize?
"A delicious Regency! Eleanor is horrified to be made homeless by her brother's gambling debts and still more disturbed to find herself falling in love with the man who won the estate. Valerie Holmes resolves this dilemma in a spirited tale that keeps you turning the pages until the final "Ah!" of satisfaction."
GL Robinson, New York USA, Regency romance author.
Genre: Historical Romance
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