The Delacourte Inheritance
by JoAnna Marie
If a Delacourte man fails to sire a son, the next closest male relative inherits everything.
Thanks to that centuries-old edict issued by a long-dead ancestor, a stranger . . . a distant cousin from England . . . has come to claim what is rightfully his inheritance.
1860, Charleston.
Antoinette Delacourte enters her uncle’s office and is shocked to find a handsome stranger sitting behind the desk. She’s even more shocked when Elliot Fleming introduces himself as the legitimate heir to her late father’s estate, which includes the company she’s always believed to be hers. Or it will be as soon as she comes of age. And if there is anything left of a business that seldom turns a profit.
With secrets of his own, Elliot must focus on his mission, even if it means deceiving an innocent young lady. He doesn’t have time for romantic entanglements, but despite his resolve, he finds himself drawing ever closer to Antoinette. When love blossoms between the two, Antoinette dares to dream of a future she never expected to have.
James Blandon, Antoinette’s maternal uncle, never misses an opportunity to remind his orphaned niece that it is only by virtue of his kind heart that she even has a roof over her head. Thanks to her late father’s mismanagement, his estate doesn’t generate enough income to cover her living expenses. That’s what her uncle says anyway.
But the estate is quite lucrative. Blandon has looted it for many years and is furious it’s about to be snatched away from him.
When Elliot attempts to untangle Blandon’s web of lies, he discovers an adversary who will stop at nothing to keep a stolen fortune.
Will Antoinette and Elliot survive her uncle’s attempts to destroy them? Or will Elliot’s own deception force them apart?
Thanks to that centuries-old edict issued by a long-dead ancestor, a stranger . . . a distant cousin from England . . . has come to claim what is rightfully his inheritance.
1860, Charleston.
Antoinette Delacourte enters her uncle’s office and is shocked to find a handsome stranger sitting behind the desk. She’s even more shocked when Elliot Fleming introduces himself as the legitimate heir to her late father’s estate, which includes the company she’s always believed to be hers. Or it will be as soon as she comes of age. And if there is anything left of a business that seldom turns a profit.
With secrets of his own, Elliot must focus on his mission, even if it means deceiving an innocent young lady. He doesn’t have time for romantic entanglements, but despite his resolve, he finds himself drawing ever closer to Antoinette. When love blossoms between the two, Antoinette dares to dream of a future she never expected to have.
James Blandon, Antoinette’s maternal uncle, never misses an opportunity to remind his orphaned niece that it is only by virtue of his kind heart that she even has a roof over her head. Thanks to her late father’s mismanagement, his estate doesn’t generate enough income to cover her living expenses. That’s what her uncle says anyway.
But the estate is quite lucrative. Blandon has looted it for many years and is furious it’s about to be snatched away from him.
When Elliot attempts to untangle Blandon’s web of lies, he discovers an adversary who will stop at nothing to keep a stolen fortune.
Will Antoinette and Elliot survive her uncle’s attempts to destroy them? Or will Elliot’s own deception force them apart?
