Review: The wandering lord finds a lady in distress
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Johanna Claybourn is beautiful, and an heiress. Lord Marcus Hathaway has recently returned from the war in France after being badly wounded and thought dead. Devastated by his father's death while he was away, and the circumstances his sisters had been left in, plus the agonies of war, he takes some months off to simply ride about the English countryside, visiting some friends, staying at inns, going wherever whim takes him. He rescues a girl--Johanna--from supposed footpads, and she insists he come to her family estate. There is a house party going on, and the guests include a Lord Modern, who is obviously after Johanna and her money, and his sister, who decides Johanna's father is better pickings. Johanna urges Marcus to stay on, feeling the need for an ally, and enlists his help. A nice novella, this follows Isabella Hathaway's story, Marcus' sister.