Bücher der Reihe The Ashmead Heirs

A notorious will left David, the very proper Earl of Clarion, with a crippled estate and dependents. He's the one left to pick up the pieces while caring for others-his children, his tenants, and the people of Ashmead. He cares for England, too. Now that the estate has been put to right, he is free to pursue his political ambitions. But loneliness weighs him down. Then he meets his new neighbor.Her uninhibited behavior shocks him. Why can't he get her out of his mind?Happily widowed Lady Delia Fitzwallace revels in her newly rented cottage, surrounded by flowers and the wonder of nature, thrilled to free her three rambunctious children from the city of Bristol and let them enjoy the countryside to the fullest. If only she can avoid offending her very proper neighbor, the earl, when their children keep pulling her into scrapes.She has nothing he needs in a countess. Is she exactly what he needs as a man?The Ashmead HeirsThe Wayward SonThe Defiant DaughterThe Forgotten DaughterThe Upright Son

Fanny''s worthless father forgot her entirely. The earl''s steward plans to make it right; if only he can avoid falling in love with her while he does.Welcome to book 3 in the fabulous series The Ashmead Heirs by bestselling author Caroline Warfield!When the old Earl of Clarion leaves a will with bequests for all his children, legitimate and not, listing each and their mothers by name, he complicated the lives of many in the village of Ashmead and beyond. One of them was left out. She is the third of The Ashmead Heirs.Frances Hancock always knew she was a bastard. She didn''t know her father was an earl until her mother died. The information came just in time. She and her mother''s younger children were about to be homeless. She needs help. Fast. What she wants is a hero.Eli Benson, the Earl of Clarion''s steward, took great pride in cleaning up the mess left behind by the old earl''s will. When a dainty but ferocious young woman with the earl''s hair and eyes comes demanding help, his heart sinks. She isn''t in the will. She was forgotten entirely. And the estate is just getting its finances back in order. But he knows a moral obligation when he sees one. He may not be her idea of a hero, but people count on him to fix things. He''s good at it. Falling in love with her will only complicate things.Eli will solve her problems or die trying. It may come to that.The Ashmead HeirsThe Wayward SonThe Defiant DaughterThe Forgotten DaughterThe Upright Son