title: The Benevolent Despot
author: Ashton, Elizabeth
description: When Lina's father died, leaving her destitute, she could have found an easy way out of having to sell up everything, even her beloved horse, by marrying her rather dull suitor, George. She would never admit that a reason for not doing so could be that hateful man who wanted to buy her home, Barton's Grange.
  
  Hero: Anthony Marsh
  Heroine: Pauline "Lina" Herald