He could no longer deny what was inside him When you knew someone almost as well as you knew yourself, you tended to take them for granted. Warwickshire Sinclair had always felt that way about Lady Samantha… until he didn’t. When Samantha left for a year to study art, he was determined the ache of longing and worry that had taken up residence in his chest would ease. It hadn’t. Life had seemed dull without her. When she returns to them, Warwick can no longer deny what is inside him. Samantha held his heart. Completely and utterly. But the letter she carried had the power to change their lives forever. They must fight to secure her freedom and keep her safe. Only then could he forge a future with the woman he loved. Will she forfeit her happiness to keep him safe? The day she realized she was free of the hell she’d been raised in, Samantha vowed she would make each day of her life count. Her family thought her sweet and gullible: she was neither. Samantha was determined to be happy, even if that meant seeing Warwick Sinclair every day. He’d always seen her as a friend, and that would never change, no matter how much the connection between their families determined it should. When a letter arrived just as she was to return home, the contents sent her back to the terrified child she’d once been. Even from the grave her father had power over her. Her powerful family vowed they would not allow it to happen. But if she did not acquiesce to the terms of the letter, she brought trouble down on the heads of those she loved most. Can they overcome the threat Samantha’s father had sent her from the grave? Or will their destiny be unfulfilled? From USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …