Lynda Hurst

Lady Mary and Her Rakish Count Lynda Hurst

Lady Mary Ellesmere is determined to marry for love, or not at all. Unlike her best friends, Faith and Margaret, Mary has had no luck finding 'true love' after several seasons in London. But Mary doesn't anguish over matters of the heart, for she has another purpose, to heal. After studying under the misunderstood "Witch of Donnesbury," Mary's skills in herbology have enabled her to help the people living in her family's domain, which has brought her more joy than she believes a man ever could. But fate seems to have other plans for the female Ellesmere twin. After her beloved father passes, Mary learns that her hand has been spoken for, by a deal her now deceased father made years ago. Now Mary is obliged to meet, and perhaps marry, the rakish Comte Valerian de Baptiste. A womanizing nobleman from across the channel in France, Valerian is just as surprised as Mary to find he is suddenly to be married. Though neither of the suddenly betrothed are thrilled with the arrangement, circumstances conspire to not only draw the pair together but put them on the hunt for yet another treasure in the Revelstoke Legacy.