In the dwindling years of the gilded age, Mary Beckwith lives in an old English castle that comes along with drafty rooms and lack of modern conveniences. With the help of an American millionaire, she has succeeded in renovating her beloved Whitefriars castle into a splendid estate just in time for Christmas. From across the ocean, Everett Wooten has spent a fortune propping up Whitefriars. Even though he's never met Mary, they have enjoyed a lively business correspondence over the nine years they have been working ...
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In the dwindling years of the gilded age, Mary Beckwith lives in an old English castle that comes along with drafty rooms and lack of modern conveniences. With the help of an American millionaire, she has succeeded in renovating her beloved Whitefriars castle into a splendid estate just in time for Christmas. From across the ocean, Everett Wooten has spent a fortune propping up Whitefriars. Even though he's never met Mary, they have enjoyed a lively business correspondence over the nine years they have been working towards a renovation. Now he has finally come to see Mary and the castle in person, but nothing is as he was led to believe. Mary and Everett try to find a way forward, but red-blooded American entrepreneurship doesn't always mingle with blue-blooded English tradition. Can a Manhattan business tycoon and an English lady find a way forward, or will their joint venture in Whitefriars result in heartbreak for them both? An emotional romance from RITA and Christy-Award winning Elizabeth Camden
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