The Noble Nephew — Martha Kirkland

A DARLING SPINSTER...
Gemma Westin appeared a most level-healed and practical spinster. No one knew she dreamed of adventure and a handsome stranger to whisk her away from the cottage she shared with her widowed mother and twelve-year-old brother. Then on a September day, dashing Duncan Jamison, a barrister, came to her door....

A STUNNING OFFER...
Was this her knight in shinning armor? Or a scoundrel? Duncan had accompanied his elderly aunt and uncle to the Westin cottage with momentous news. Instead of leaving their estate to their nephew Duncan, the couple wished to adopt Gemma's brother, a distant relative, as their heir. Duncan stood to lose a fortune, and now as he looked at Gemma, he seemed to also lose his heart.

A DANGEROUS ROMANCE
But when "accidents" began to threaten her brother's life, Gemma was filled with suspicions about Duncan's true feelings. Although her hopes of romance soared, her head refused to turn. Instead, she planned a perilous test to catch a villain -- or a man to love....