The angst and drama were mild, but at the same time quite appropriate for this story. Avery frequently aided her, but that was often hit-or-miss assistance. It was not easy with her newly-found family trying to control every aspect of her daily routine. Life greatly changed for Anna after learning of her heritage, and she tried hard to embrace the new life before her without losing the old life, her old self, in the process. So they both tended to avoid being around the other. As for Anna, she couldn't decide if she liked him or not since he caused a myriad of never-before-felt emotions in her. However, there was something about Anna that drew him to her side repeatedly.Īvery didn't know what to make of the emotions being near her created in him. Upon learning she had family, Anna only wanted to get to know them, not anger them, though they did not seem disposed to know her in return.Īvery, being a tad shorter than many of his peers, and since his name had an almost feminine hint to it, had been bullied from an early age and he learned to keep people at arm's length for most of his life. Then, still uncertain as to why she was being involved with any particular solicitor, was then summoned to a meeting at the home of Aver, the Duke of Netherby, where she was informed she was the legitimate daughter of the late Earl of Riverdale. When she received a summons to London to the law offices of Brumford, Brumford & Sons, she was curious what it could mean. Someone to Love, Book 1 of the Wescott series, was about Miss Anna Snow, an orphan and never-before-heard-of daughter of the late Lord Humphrey Westcott, the Earl of Riverdale, and His Grace Avery Archer, the Duke of Netherby.Īnna, aka Lady Anastasia Westcott, had been placed in an orphanage at the young age of 4 and had spent the next 21 years in that place.

As London society and her newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm Anna, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well and for so long. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. But the new earl’s guardian is interested in Anna…Īvery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family-including the daughter no one knew he had…Īnna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath knowing nothing of the family she came from.

The New York Times bestselling author of Only a Kiss launches a new series with the death of an earl and the revelation of a scandalous secret…

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