To Trust an Earl’s Heart Again: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Love and Secrets of the Ton)

Lady Clara Everly's heart belongs to a gentleman who vanished three years ago. Now with her father's gallery in peril and a forced marriage looming she has resigned to her fate. Everything changes when he reappears though leaving Clara with an impossible choice. Can she learn to trust the man she once loved and save her family or will she let society's expectations dictate her destiny? Lord Julian Ashford never expected to fall for Clara and suddenly leave her but disaster forced him away. Returning to London he finds her engaged to another and her father's gallery threatened. Julian is determined to help but first he must break down Clara's walls and regain her trust. Can he earn her forgiveness and most importantly her love? Clara and Julian are thrown back into each other's lives but a bluestocking friend's disapproval and Julian's past threaten their reunion. As secrets emerge and the pressures surrounding them intensify will they fight for a l