Hester Dymock

Hester Dymock dreams of one man, Lord Gabriel Ravenshall. She knows a liaison between them is impossible without her having title or fortune. Involved in an accident close to her home, he falls and breaks his leg. Abandoning all discretion, she rushes to his aid. Gabriel has no choice but to submit to Hester's care and that of her mother, an apothecary and her brother, a doctor. Embittered by the memory of his parent's loveless marriage, he broods over his growing regard for Hester, unaware...