num_pages: 309
description: A Porthkennack novelWhen grief-stricken scientist Sir Edward Fitzwilliam provokes public scorn by defending a sham spiritualist hes forced to retreat to Porthkennack to lick his wounds. Wards reputation is in tatters but hes determined to continue the work he began after the death of his beloved brother. In Porthkennack Ward meets Nicholas Hearn land steward to the Roscarrock family. Ward becomes convinced that Nick whose Romany mother was reportedly clairvoyant is the perfect man to assist with his work. But Nickwho has reason to distrust the whims of wealthy menis loath to agree. Until Fate steps in to lend a hand.Despite Nicks misgivings he discovers that Ward is not the high-handed aristocrat he first thought. And when passion ignites between them Nick learns theres much more to love than the rushed clandestine encounters hes used to. Nevertheless Nicks sure that wealthy educated Ward will never see him as an equal.A storm is gathering but with Nicks self-doubts and Wards growing obsession the fragile bond between the two men may not be strong enough to withstand it.
language: English
title: A Gathering Storm
publisher: Riptide Publishing