The Belle Fields

by Lora Adams

Is there such a thing as love at first sight? I myself hardly know, suffice it to say that when Edward first saw Emily he knew they were destined to fall in love. How could it be otherwise; they were perfect for each other. However a man of his rank, nephew to an Earl, shouldn’t socialize with a maid in that same Earl’s kitchens, oh no! Unless of course he wanted her for his mistress and Edward wanted so much more than that. Yet he had his rivals. Good looking and affable Fred Parkin was considered the catch of the village and then there was his cousin. handsome and fabulously wealthy William D’Beauville, heir apparent to the Beauville estate but he was such a rake. Spoilt and used to getting his own way, rumour had it that William was a self serving rogue unable to think of any passable female as something other than another trophy to add to his list of conquests. William would only bring her to ruin. As Edward allows his heart and soul to go places they should never go his faithless cousin plots and schemes to bring about his downfall. At the center of it all Emily Sylvester, one of the loveliest girls in her village, is blown along like a leaf in a storm as she grapples with a cornucopia of mixed emotions that unravel in a way she could never have imagined.

352 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 2015