title: The Prodigal Peer
author: Kidd, Elisabeth
description: After a long wartime absence, everyone believes Philip Millington to be dead. When he returns home to claim his inheritance as the next Earl Wolcott, his family is more irritated than welcoming. Even Honoria, a beauty Philip had once intended to marry, reveals herself as shallow and hardly loyal to his memory, for she is now engaged to his cousin Edmund.
  Only Fleur Stanyon, a distant “poor relation,” has hoped for Philip’s return as she has adored him since childhood. Upon Philip’s first reunion with Fleur he hardly recognizes her – she’s blossomed so much since he’s been away. But, when Fleur is accused of stealing a valuable necklace from her aunt, Philip must ride to the rescue! Meanwhile, Honoria’s jealousy motivates her to try to win Philip back.