Gretna Legacy Author:Marina Oliver Abigail Barton is determined and outspoken. Her parents died when she was a baby. They had eloped to Gretna, and been disowned, so, not knowing any grandparents, she has been brought up in Bath by Lady Jordan, and does not in the least wish to go to London for the Season. She has no desire to marry. Her Trustee, the enigmatic Mr Wood, insists, a... more »nd agrees she may take her dog, Rusty.
She is to be sponsored by Lady Padmore who is bringing out her own daughter Caroline, and is determined to marry her to a distant cousin Julian, despite both parties' lack of enthusiasm.
Julian, Earl of Keighley, the despair of mothers and their marriageable daughters, is intrigued by Abby's lack of conventionality. Lady Padmore has her to thank when Julian, after his initial refusal, agrees to lend his house for the ball she gives for Abby and Caroline. Then Abby's childhood friend Hartley arrives in London, Caroline's brother Dudley sells out from the army, other men begin to make Abby offers. She realizes she must accept someone, but who?« less