A Time for Rejoicing — Elizabeth Renier

Rachel Mallory was a pretty, young girl of nineteen with a mind of her own and in independent manner that continually clashed with the ideal of a well-bred lady held by her mother and her aristocratic class. When the father who loved and understood her died, she lost her strongest support. However, deliverance was at hand when Rachel's like-minded cousin, Lady Kirby, invited her for an extended visit to her estate in Colliton. Lady Mallory permitted Rachel to go, hoping that she would learn proper deportment-but once at Colliton, Rachel found herself pitted against the most powerful and ruthless man in the area...but worse, in love with a married man of a lower class...