Dora Thorne

In Earlescourt’s portrait gallery, generations of noble wives look down as Lord Earle asks his son to imagine the lodge keeper’s daughter among them. For Ronald, that is the moment love must face its sternest judge: his own father.

At the great English estate of Earlescourt, family portraits and inherited rank give old custom the force of law. Ronald Earle, heir to the house, is determined to marry Dora Thorne, whose modesty and beauty matter more to him than her humble birth. Lord Earle calls the match folly and warns that Ronald will lose his home, his inheritance and his father’s affection if he persists. But Ronald has given Dora his word—and believes a promise in love cannot be taken back. Can he defy the family whose history fills those walls without losing everything he holds dear?

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