The Joyful Widow

England, 1811.

At only twenty-one, Eliza Harrowby is already a widow.

Trapped in black silk and condolences, she lives in a house too large, too quiet and too full of ghosts. Society expects her to remarry.

Instead, she brings home a six-year-old orphan. Not out of kindness, but convenience.

Thomas is thin, watchful, and far too used to being unwanted.

He calls her Ma'am.
He hides bread beneath his pillow.
He never asks for anything.

What begins as charity becomes something far more dangerous: attachment.

As a wealthy gentleman offers her security...
And a gentle gardener offers her understanding...
Eliza must choose between the life she is expected to live, and the fragile, stubborn love growing in her orchard.

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