The Vesey Inheritance — Gwendoline Butler

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

That was all the note said. Lovely, vivacious Errol Vesey was certain she knew who sent it. And this made her even more afraid. It was her step-brother. A man whose existence she had known nothing of until a few days ago.

It was then that her father's dying words told her of a brother and a mysterious inheritance from her mother. But he was unable to tell her any more than that.

When Errol left her father's country parsonage for the fashionable London home of her aunt, Lady Geraldine, the terrible secrets of the past followed in her shadow. Not even the parties, the balls, the dashing young men, the excitement of the Queen's court could wipe away the threat of her enemy. For that is how she thought of her brother.

Everywhere Errol went she was in danger. Somehow she knew he was always there watching her. If only she knew who he was....