Charlotte's Journey

She accepted her first painting commission to live the life of her dreams........ Charlotte had never painted a naked man before, but when Lady Avery offered her the opportunity to paint her lover, she jumped at the chance if only to earn enough coin to gain her passage to Florence. What she never expected was the fury of her subject, the Earl of Burford. Banished from London during her first season because of the debacle, she consigned herself to life in the country when a series of tragedies gave her sole guardianship of her orphan niece and an estate to run. Adding to her burdensome existence was injured Duke who stumbled upon her home by accident. Determined to nurse him to health, his presence soon became a blessing as he assisted in restructuring her life. Seven years later Charlotte Ramsey returns to the London ton, her niece Emma Clifton now grown is ready for the marriage mart. Employing the aid of her best friend Agnes Shipley Rothby, wife of the dandy earl of Sumerton, they embark on a mission to get Emma leg shackled. Patrick Ingram, the Earl of Burford, also returns to the London ton after a seven-year exile and is rumored to be shopping for a wife. It just so happened, his attentions have been snared by Miss Emma Clifton, the niece of the woman who nearly ruined him. What a pickle?