I enjoyed reading No Stone Unturned, a delightful regency romance set in 1811 in West Sussex. Bridget is a strong and independent woman who’s an academic at heart. She loves history and has uncovered Roman era antiquities in the ground on her friend’s farm. Bridget’s station in life as the vicar’s daughter, and the need to support her father in his parish pastoral work after her mother passed away, means she has no marriage prospects. Her wayward younger brother is missing from the Royal Navy. Bridget feels guilty that she has broken her promise to her dying mother to care for her brother.
Rafe is a captain who injured his leg and has been discharged from the military. He’s the new viscount where Bridget lives and has inherited the title from his scandal-plagued uncle. Rafe was only six when his mother escaped the abbey and her terrible marriage to Rafe’s father. Rafe didn’t have a privileged upbringing and, when he arrives at the abbey in West Sussex, he discovers he has inherited a financial mess. The Crown are threatening to reclaim his land and title if he can’t pay the back taxes and get the estate in order.
Rafe and Bridget’s first meeting is memorable for all the wrong reasons. Their relationship as they move from enemies to friends to potentially more, and navigate the social class differences that make their match an unlikely pairing, is fun and sweet. The mystery in the story puts both Rafe and Bridget in danger and challenges them to consider faith matters and…
