From popular author Sara Bennett comes the first of an exciting and sweeping trilogy, set in the lush Victorian era, about three sisters who overcome harsh beginnings and a shocking courtesan lineage to discover that love is indeed attainable for all.
Miss Vivianna Greentree is beside herself. Having been abandoned, along with her two sisters, at a tender age, has made her highly sympathetic to the plight of poor orphans in need. Grateful that she and her sisters are among the lucky few who somehow found a loving and caring home, Vivianna has helped found a shelter for orphans. Now the owner of the Candlewood property - the seemingly heartless drunkard, but heartbreaking handsome, Sir Oliver Montegomery - is threatening to tear down the building.
Only Oliver isn't what he appears to be. There is an agenda behind his rakish and ne'er-do-well ways - one that he's kept hidden for years. Oliver has his reasons for wanting the shelter destroyed. However, Vivianna is frantic - and very determined - to save her orphanage. Under the tutelage of the mysterious, and once notorious courtesan, Madame Aphrodite, Vivianna is prepared to persuade Oliver by any means . . .
