A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano

It doesn’t take long for a bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise of offering condolences. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa Harlowe’s father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. It’s set in a vineyard, which allowed me a very rich time of researching this topic and all the spiritual implications. This novel is a combination of several true-life stories that are special to me, including my own romance. Only one man stands between her and the danger that lurks within–and only if he decides to keep her biggest secret hidden. As she wrestles with her true identity, the ruin, decay, and secrets she finds at the heart of the old mansion tear at her confidence and threaten to reveal her for who she really is. Though Raina has traded squalor for silk and satin, something about the abbey is deeply unsettling.

After all, nightmares are one type of dream.” “I do not truly wish for all my dreams to come true. But some dreams turn out to be nightmares. Things she could only dream of might be coming true. Rothburne Abbey has a unique position for her, one that will take her away from her hardscrabble life and give her a chance to be a lady. Raina Bretton is a rag woman in London’s east end when a handsome stranger appears in a dank alley and offers her a glittering smile and a chance for adventure. “For one blessed moment, I was actually beautiful…” With plenty of enticing clues but few answers, Willa’s search becomes even more complicated when she misplaces the letter and it passes from person to person in the house, each finding a thrilling or disheartening message in its words. and remember.”Įveryone at Crestwicke has feelings–mostly negative ones–about the man who wrote the letter, but he seems to have disappeared. “Every time I smell forget-me- nots, I will think of you. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor.

I’ll even have the courage to deliver this…”įocused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. “Dear one, I have no business writing to you, and I’m not certain October 20, 2020, Revell/Baker Publishing

A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano