Beyond a Dream

Lilianarose McKenna has lived her life with the same passion and
responsibility that brought her Spanish ancestors to the rich furtle land
by the Pacific Ocean in search of a new life over two centuries ago.

Bound to the land, the matriarch of her family and a world-
renowned portrait artist, Lili has everything except someone to love her.
She wants more; an itch she can’t scratch, not yet, so she’s put
aside her dreams, for now, but someday, maybe.

Charles Phillip Ashland, Earl of Ashbourne, inherited a title, a
dilapidated Manor near land’s end and nothing more, but he wants more.

He’s taken anger and determination and built an empire, acquiring more
wealth than he could spend in ten lifetimes. He has everything a
human could want, yet he has nothing that truly matters.

He succeeded in business but failed miserably as a father, but soon
he will have time to do better, to find and live his dream. Yes, soon.

From the quaint town of San Juan Capistrano, California to a small
village by the sea in Devon, England fate has set a course for two people
to find themselves, even though they have no idea they are lost, aided by
a handful of relatives, a village of eager helpers, and one very big, hairy
dog.