Return to Rhonan — Katy Walters

This novel had me gripping the sides of my Kindle â€" Mimi Barbour.

A book of lost love, passion, suspense and the hope of marriage

In 1810, Lord Duncan Mavebury, heir to the Rhonan Estates, and Muriall Mondell, beautiful, but penniless, are in love and planning to elope to Duncan's vast estates in Jamaica. To their dismay, vicious landlords of neighbouring estates, begin to seize the land of tenant farmers, clearing the Scottish Highlands for sheep grazing. Hundreds start to die of starvation.

Muriall and Duncan delay their plans, as they strive to save the lives of the tenants. Unbeknown to Duncan, his brother Lord Maximillian, a rakehell and member of the Hell-Fire club, is intent on abducting Muriall.

In the present day, American, Jessica Marshall mourns the death of her beloved aunt and guardian Priscilla. Her cousin Dinah urges her to visit the North-West Highlands of Scotland, a place their aunt longed to visit, to search for their lost ancestors. Jess reluctantly agrees and books into Rhonan Manor Hotel, where she meets the owner, the handsome, Earl of Rhonan, Lord Douglas Mavebury. Immediately attracted to her, he sweeps her off her feet, determined to make her his own. Douglas refuses to believe the manor is haunted, a belief that puts Jess's life in danger.