The Major and the Country Miss

The Major and the Country Miss
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A mystery brings them together. Secrets keep them apart. Major William Maitland returns a hero from the war, only to find himself tasked with the strangest mission – hunting down the lost heir to his uncle’s fortune. He sets out for rural Warwickshire to uncover the twenty-year-old secret, but has no idea that meeting an old army friend will lead him to the key to the mystery. Or that his friend’s cousin, the beautiful Georgianne Venables, will prove to be his own personal Waterloo.For Georgianne has a secret of her own that could stand in the way of Will ever winning her hand in marriage…

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Dorothy Elbury. The Major and the Country Miss

THE MAJOR. AND THE COUNTRY MISS

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‘Miss Venables!’ Maitland exclaimed, standing stock-still in the doorway. ‘I beg your pardon. I had no idea that there was anyone here.’

‘I fear that you have found me out, Mr Maitland,’ she said with a rueful smile. ‘I had a sudden urge to get away from all the hullabaloo for a few moments’ peace and quiet on my own.’

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‘Not at all. He will receive, as I said, the bulk of the fortune—which I believe now stands in the region of some £500,000, not including the revenues from the plantations—but if you are prepared to make yourself instrumental in the search for the child’s recovery you are to be awarded a one fourth share, as will your cousin Major Maitland, who, I understand, has already given his promise to assist in the search.’

He bowed his head towards Maitland, who smilingly nodded his acquiescence.

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