And when the young couple finds themselves trapped there overnight, alone with forces they cannot name and facing their worst fears, they must rely on one another. The Ancient Ram Inn is haunted by many spirits-some of this world and some of a much darker origin. They arrange for an elopement and to meet at the Ancient Ram Inn in Wotten-Under-Edge, neither of them understanding what fate and that dark place might have in store for them. Stumbling across Miss Pennington’s ad, he replies and their courses are set. But he’s no patience for society or the traditional methods courtship. He needs a wife, someone to help him put his affairs in order. Simon Ravenau has recently sold out his commission and returned to England to claim the estate he inherited from his aunt. The Late Husband - Chasity Bowlin - Google Books. Realizing that her brother means to force her into the role of companion and keep most of her inheritance for himself, Clara takes matters into her own hands and seeks a husband the only way a spinster like herself can-by placing a personal ad in the paper. But when her brother abruptly informs her that he intends to marry, her position becomes untenable. Miss Clara Pennington has devoted herself to maintaining her brother’s household while he focused on his political career. Her only ally in the house is her late husbands ward, Miss Beatrice Marlowe. Can the shadowy darkness of a haunted inn bring two lonely people together? While his mother, Lady Agatha, has never given up hope of finding her son again, others-eager for the title and the wealth that accompanies it-have been conspiring to have him declared dead against Lady Agathas wishes.
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