Lily has to marry in order to save the family Manor—the one that is crumbling down around the family’s ears. But she had been at the center of family scandal when she was but 15 years old. However, she goes off to London to snare a rich man in the company of her godmother. There a great buffoon who needs a wife with connections courts her. She also meets a dashing soldier home from India. He is in London to procure money for the army. Major Derek Knight is all that a simple country lass could want, and more. However, a mystery needs solving before the entanglements can be sorted out. Whom will Lily marry?
This is the second book of a trilogy about the Knight clan. The first book involved Derek and Gabriel’s younger sister. The last will be Gabriel’s story. I enjoy Foley’s writing, she engages the reader early in the book and keeps the story moving along. She gives enough of the back story to remind the reader about the earlier book, but it does not take over Lily’s story. It can stand alone, but they are so good why not read, “Her Only Desire
Nancy
