Courting A Modern Lady (The Time Pearls #3)

Widower Edwin Halford has lived a tranquil existence seeing to his estate and raising his daughter. Now that his late brother has left him the title Duke of Avendesh and all the responsibilities it entails, Edwin struggles to navigate his new duties.

A meager income has kept Diana Rodriguez from following in her parents’ footsteps helping children in need. While attending the wedding of her best friend and the man who crossed time to be with her, Diana seizes the opportunity to befriend Juliana, the spirited seven-year-old niece of the former duke, who has participated in her own time-traveling escapades.

Diana’s child-tending skills are put to the test when the wedding is crashed by time pearl thieves, and she and Juliana are transported to 1816. With the pearl missing, Diana has no choice but to stay with the girl and her father until the cursed heirloom can be recovered.

As Edwin comes to know Diana, his heart opens to the possibility of love, and he finds the modern lady’s zeal for life buoying him out of troubled waters. But the final effort to retrieve the pearls and destroy them proves dangerous for all involved and places more than Edwin and Diana’s hearts on the line.