When Life Seemed Its Worst, Gresham Awaited Julia Hollis' opulent life in Victorian London crashes to pieces when her husband passes away. Worse, she is told by his bankers that he gambled away their fortune. Now, the family's hope rests on The Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn in the quaint village of Gresham. Driven by dread and her desire to provide for her children, Julia decides to turn the dilapidated inn into a lodging house. But can she—who was accustomed to servants attending to every need—do what needs to be done and cope when boarders begin arriving? And then an eligible new vicar moves into town...

Love is in the air. As the wedding of Julia Hollis and Vicar Andrew Phelps approaches, the quaint English village is caught up in a stir of excitement and the promise of an event to remember. Andrew's daughter Elizabeth is being courted by a handsome young curate. But the man she once loved suddenly appears at her door, wanting to prove he's now worthy of her affection. Who will win the hand of the vicar's daughter?

A schoolmistress who may have a handsome dowry is used by an archaeologist to help him win the heart of a local writer. Gresham Chronicles book 3.

A charming, Victorian-era romance set in a small town in England from the best-selling author of the Gresham Chronicles. When Andrew becomes ill and is in need of his surgeon son's skills, and his daughter's quest for privacy advances an evil man's schemes, newcomer Jewel Libby becomes an unexpected support and source of strength to the family.