The Shepherd and the Solicitor

A solitary hermit must welcome a newcomer into his flock.

After a terrible, life-altering loss, Daniel Pierce sheds his former well-bred persona to become Jacob Bennet, humble sheep farmer. He flees London to retreat to a peaceful pastoral setting of sweeping moors where he lives amongst animals less dangerous than man.
Gregory Tobin’s firm sends him to find the Pierce family’s lost heir and either bring him back or confirm his death. The scowling, bearded hermit he tracks down seems like an ...