The Owner of Thorpe Hall — Anne Holman

1816: Emily Hargreaves is destitute and lives in Stamford as companion to her spoilt cousin, Marian Delmont. Both are spinsters, and when Richard Salter and his friend, Simon Jones, meet the ladies, they are attracted to them. Simon admired Marian years ago, but her father was overprotective and romance died. And Richard has tragedy in his past, making marriage seem impossible. Are these four people able to find love?