A Season of Mists — Sarah Woodhouse

Ann Mathick had a dream. She was determined to make the rambling, run down Norfolk farm, which she had inherited from a disreputable uncle, a prosperous and well-ordered place. None of the country believed the farm could be saved, particularly by a female. But they reckoned without the courage of the small, resolute woman. The only man who could thwart her plans was Sir Harry Gerard, her dashing, reckless neighbour - a very dangerous man to fall in love with....