Forgotten Bride — Mary Cummins

Nella Hastings expects to inherit Grey Craggs when her brother, Hugo, is killed in France. It is only then that she learns that she is adopted and that her cousin, Nicholas, is the new heir. As a matter of expediency, Nicholas proposes marriage to Nella and she accepts with reluctance because she finds his younger brother, Stephen, much more attractive. But after an unexpected event, it seems that Nella need not marry Nicholas after all...