She was trained to ask for nothing. He was never allowed to want anything at all.
Sophia Lyndrow has spent her whole life making herself easy to manage, but after six Seasons without an offer of marriage, her options are dwindling. So when the Dowager Countess of Fairfax arranges her match to an aging, grouchy Marquess, all she can feel is relief.
Ambrose Calver has spent his life earning what others inherit. The illegitimate son of Lord Calverton, he has no title, no fortune, and no business falling for the woman his father intends to marry. He has never wanted what he cannot have. He has never met Sophia Lyndrow.
Somewhere between the hum of the apiary and the fiddle on the harvest green, Sophia begins to discover that the Calverton family harbors far more secrets than she first suspected. And when the truth finally comes to light, she must choose between the security and a man who would work the rest of his life just to be worthy of her.
A swoony closed-door Regency romance about two people who were never allowed to want anything for themselves, learning, at last, to choose each other.
Book 4 in The Dowager's Garden series. Each book is a complete standalone with its own happily ever after.
