Journey through 18th century England with the 3rd Earl of Stoneleigh as he struggles to secure the future of Harcroft Hall by producing an heir with his beautiful wife, Anne of Sudley Manor. Follow the lives of his mother, the irrepressible and humorous, Dowager Lady Stoneleigh, and her suitor, the widowed Earl of Wortham as they try to overcome the 2nd Earl of Stoneleigh’s haunting past. His past holds the key to the future of the earldom. All the action of this page-turner plays out in the context of historically accurate details, right down to the fine ladies’ lack of knickers!