Escaping Highbrook Manor

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Will love tempt the earl to lift his disguise? Penelope Simpleton always has her head in the clouds, but the rustic life in Eland Green brings her down to earth. Just as she grapples with her fate as a dairymaid, a tumultuous journey at sea leads Penelope to encounter the heroic Marcus Darling, who holds her until the rough journey is over. Marcus keeps reappearing in her life, and Penelope cannot help but be enamored by him. Marcus offers to help her in countless ways, as he continually attempts to play the hero. But it is upon following in her sister Jane’s footsteps and seeking employment at Highbrook Manor that Penelope comes to discover that Marcus is not what he seems. In fact, there are many things that Marcus Darling, Earl of Wessex, has been hiding. Can Penelope see past his secrets and accept the unbounded affection that the earl insists upon giving her? According to the Earl of Wessex, he will have it no other way…