Drusilla's Downfall — Emily Hendrickson

Healing Heart

Sent to attend the ailing Marchioness of Brentford, practical Drusilla Herbert hardly believes she'll become entangled in any intrigues of the ton. After all, what adventures could a rector's daughter happen on in the seclusion of a country estate? That is, unless the wild stories she's heard about her ladyship's son have any truth to them...

Adrian Richmond usually cares fir more for the goings-on of the Season than for the affairs of his mother. But from the moment he learns of I)rusilla's presence in his family home, he is convinced the clever chit is buttering up the older woman in the hope of a generous bequest. He vows to send the young interloper packing only only to find himself falling hopelessly in love with the beguiling miss.