Unable to have a son by his wife, the ageing Carne Amberwood begins to search for a healthy young woman who can give him the heir he so badly desires. And, like the old Sir Carne, he will brook no interference with his schemes.When raven-haired Judith Lammeter is invited to London as governess to the daughter Carne despises, the pretty Northumberland girl has no inkling that she has been singled out to bear a male Amberwood child.Only Judith’s sweetheart, Kit Talbot-Heron, suspects. On a business trip to London from Heronbrook, Kit makes an excuse to call upon the Amberwood household — and slowly learns of the dark secrets that separate him from the girl he loves.
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