This story is a standalone BUT.it is also the first book in a series that is already 14 books long. Please be aware that some issues/questions raised will not be resolved until later books in the series. Specifically the issue of Levi's parentage, which is revealed around Book 8 or 9.
Lady Liberty Davencourt of Stannesford Hall has loved Levi Longfellow, son of the Stannesford miller, all her life. She's stubborn and determined but not nearly as stubborn and determined as her father. A lady can never marry a miller's son. By dint of treachery more foul than he'd intended, Lord Stannesford forces his daughter to marry a man older than himself. Appalled to discover the real reason Liberty married him, Lord Earnslaw sets about winning her heart. Eight months into the marriage he has a stroke and Liberty learns that love has many facets. Months of nursing her bedridden husband leads Liberty to find solace in the arms of the only man she has ever desired. Levi Longfellow. Inevitably their need for one another exceeds their ability to withstand it.
'The wages of sin is death.'
So it is said.
Who will pay? How much? And in what coin?
Can the seeds of love prosper when sown in such rocky soil?
