The Earls Forbidden Ward

After their father dies, Tessa and her sisters are surprised when Earl Peyton shows up, claiming to be their appointed guardian. Tessa is suspicious of Peyton, but the gorgeous earl seamlessly blends into their everyday life. As Tessa begins to rely on him, Peyton skillfully heals her tired heart. But there’s something she doesn’t know yet. Are Peyton’s sweet promises all lies?

For almost a century the islands of Orkney and Shetland were under the rule of the Stewart earls, father and son, a rule remarkable for its infamous reputation in island history. Robert Stewart was an illegitimate son of James V, king of Scots, who seized power in Orkney in the 1560s and was created earl of Shetland in 1581. Robert's son was the extraordinary and ill-starred Earl Patrick, 'Black Patie', whose execution for treason in 1615 brought the era to a close. This book has its foundations in two previous books by Peter Anderson, one on each character.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

The tabloids are full of rumors of scandals surrounding Edgar, but Lydia is insistent that she doesn’t care. Their engagement was nothing more than a temporary measure to get out of her agreement to forsake the human world for that of the fairies, after all, and to leave behind the wild and unpredictable kelpie. Edgar, however, seems to be taking it much more seriously—as seriously as a man like him can, anyway. But with the arrival of the latest story, in which he has allegedly found himself a lover in the form of a ghost, things start to unfold in a very unexpected way.