My Dear One

English heiress Dianna Marshall wants for nothing, except the right to choose her future...

Two hearts...

1911. No one defies the Earl of Ansmall. And no one knows this truth better than his eldest daughter, Dianna. She's spent nineteen years learning well the value of grudging obedience. But when the earl arranges her marriage to an elderly duke of questionable morals, Dianna can no longer sacrifice her heart on the altar of her father's pride. She pays a heavy price for her rebellion.

Three lives...

Texas cattle rancher, Jake Douglas, understands sacrifice, and loss. That's why he'll never remarry. But when his cousin's penniless widow washes up in New York harbouring a pregnant runaway, he does the only thing his conscience will allow.

One future...

Compelled into a marriage of convenience, Dianna and Jake soon realise they have more in common than not. So when long-held secrets surface close to home, and longer-held traditions reach out from across the Atlantic, Dianna and Jake discover the only thing more heart-wrenching than wedding someone you don't love, is being married to someone you do...

From the lush green English countryside, to the windswept Texas panhandle, and gritty streets of turn-of-the-20th-century New York, My Dear One is a novel about family, their secrets, their lies ... their unbreakable bonds, and power to shape an individual's future. It's also about the individual's power to break free, and to redefine what love, and family means when unexpected love blossoms in defiance of all expectation...

Deborah Small's 5-star debut, r****ecognized by KOBO as one of Canada's best debut books of 2018, takes readers on a heartfelt journey to love and independence, praised by readers:

"emotional, heartfelt, and beautifully written"...

"I loved this book"...

"A must read! Treachery, heartache, love...and those sweet moments that bind it all together."

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