The Earl She Once Saved: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Secrets and Courtships of the Regency)

Lady Verity Thornlow has spent years rescuing Edgeworth from the ruin her husband, the Earl of Edgeworth, left behind when he fled his creditors. She has rebuilt the estate and vowed never to trust a Thornlow again. However, her life is disrupted when her husband’s brother arrives to claim his inheritance and proves to be the man she had once saved, and the man she had never managed to forget.

Rafe Thornlow returned from war ready to shoulder his family’s neglected duty. He never expected to find the woman who has haunted his memories living at Edgeworth as his brother’s wife. Honor demands he keep his distance, yet beneath Verity’s cutting words, he discovers the fiery woman he once knew and a love that may be impossible to resist.

As suspicion gives way to desire, Verity and Rafe find themselves torn between a love they cannot deny and a marriage that keeps them apart. Yet, when the vanished earl unexpectedly returns, old betrayals threaten everything they have begun to build. Can the secret buried in the Thornlow family’s past finally set them free, or will it tear Verity and Rafe apart forever?

Tropes: Forbidden love, Second Chance at Love, Unconventional Heroine, Wounded Hero

“The Earl She Once Saved” is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.