Secrets of the Heart — Joan Lord Matthews

Ravenna Marisse didn't believe in curses, but something was wrong at Harlixton Hall. None of the wives of the four brothers who resided there had safely delivered an heir. And when Anne Pembroke lay dying giving birth to her son, Raven's renowned skill as a midwife was called on.

But out of tragedy a miracle is born: although Raven loses the mother, she saves the baby boy, and thinks her work in the manor house is done. But the brooding magnetic Garreth Pembroke has asked her to stay and care for the sickly infant. The last brother to marry, Garreth is the keeper of the family fortune, and the family secrets--a man whose seductive spell has captured her very soul. But to claim the love that belongs to them both, Raven must free Garreth from the bonds of the past and uncover the secrets lying within her own heart...