What begins as a pleasant holiday with a new friend in
Brighton quickly turns to devastation for Anabelle Milton
when she receives the tragic news: her parents are dead.
Turned out of the only home she’s ever known, Anabelle
is sent to live with an aunt and uncle who are strangers
to her. Heartbroken, she arrives at Bellingham Cottage,
a cozy home on the sprawling grounds of the Bellingham
estate, to find an unexpectedly warm welcome—not only
from her own family but also from the family of their
aristocratic neighbors, Lord and Lady Bellingham.
Anabelle soon attracts the attention of the heirs of
Bellingham—brothers who, though connected by
blood, could not be more different. As she slowly begins
to distance herself from the polite and obedient young
woman her mother trained her to be, Anabelle is free for
the first time to choose her own path. She knows she must
be true to herself, even if it means risking unrequited
love—but can she trust that the gentleman who has
stolen her heart will not break it?
