He Chased Her Beyond the Ashes

Orphaned Grace Ellery once saved Edmund Rowley as a boy, but a feud between their families left them bound by resentment. To save her dying mother, Grace signs a contract to serve in the Rowley Estate, enduring Edmund’s coldness and his cousin Miranda’s cruelty. When the three year contract ends, Edmund holds her mother hostage to keep her from leaving. Desperate, Grace stages her death in a fire and flees to Southwick with her mother. When Edmund discovers the truth, he races south to find her. Through danger, heartbreak, and buried secrets, they finally uncover the truth and break free from the hatred that tore their families apart.