\"The beautiful Elissa Valentine has no idea what lies in store forher after the death of her beloved Papa, who was a talented artist. She travels to Yorkshire to start a new life at Fellbrook Towers as acompanion to her fearsome grandmother, Lady Hartwell. She soondiscovers that the luxurious lifestyle at The Towers is under threatfrom the wild gambling of her handsome and impetuouscousin, Falcon. When Elissa saves the day by predicting thewinning horse in a big race, Falcon showers her with gifts andproposes marriage. But she cannot accept his offer as the strugglingartist Richard Stanfield has stolen her heart and she cannot forget him. Will Richard? s love for Elissa survive Lady Hartwell? s attemptsto deter him and the violent threats of her cousin? And will Elissastand firm in her love for Richard, even when she finds him in thearms of the glamorous Latin American beauty, Mercedes de Rosario? Find out all in this the dazzling and intriguing romance by BARBARACARTLAND.\"
