Seven years ago, in the frosted beauty of an English country Christmas, Cate Hamilton and Ashe Carlisle fell hopelessly in love. But, as heir to a barony, Ashe was not from her world, and Cate returned to Australia brokenhearted, unknowingly carrying a secret that she keeps to this day. When a chance meeting in Sydney sees their paths cross once more, neither can deny the unwavering intensity of their love. But first Cate and Ashe must revisit the ghosts of their past. And Cate's revelation is about to change everything....

Seven years ago, in the frosted beauty of an English country Christmas, Cate Hamilton and Ashe Carlisle fell hopelessly in love. But, as heir to a barony, Ashe was not from her world, and Cate returned to Australia brokenhearted, unknowingly carrying a secret that she keeps to this day.When a chance meeting in Sydney sees their paths cross once more, neither can deny the unwavering intensity of their love. But first Cate and Ashe must revisit the ghosts of their past. And Cate's revelation is about to change everything....

A reunion smeared by lies and doubt, but her throbbing heart remained the same as that fateful day... Cate, a single mother raising her son while working at an elite company, was astonished by the customer who appeared before her. The man who stood there was the fifth baron of Wyndham, Julian Ashton Carlisle...her first love. His unforgettable beautiful blue eyes brought back all the memories of when Cate had her once-in-a-lifetime romance at age eighteen. But her inability to resist his mother who opposed their relationship due to their difference social statuses caused their relationship to be short-lived and she left him. She couldn’t believe that they were meeting again. She anxiously hoped he wouldn’t find out about the son she had hidden from him...

Cate Radclyffe is a single mum and successful businesswoman living in Sydney. After falling in love with Lord Julian Ashton Wyndham, she plans to get married. However, their love isn’t strong enough to overcome his vicious family and Cate leaves, broken-hearted and carrying with her a tiny, nine-month secret!

“Marvelous and entertaining.” —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBO’s The Gilded Age, the heiresses—including a Vanderbilt (railroads), a LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), and a Rogers (oil)—who staked their ground in England, swapping dollars for titles and marrying peers of the British realm. Filled with vivid personalities, grand houses, dashing earls, and a wealth of period details and quotes on the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette, To Marry an English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Sex, snobbery, humor, social triumphs (and gaffes), are all recalled in marvelous detail, complete with parties, clothes, scandals, affairs, and 100-year-old gossip that’s still scorching.

A Child's History of England is a book by Charles Dickens. It first appeared in serial form in Household Words, running from 25 January 1851 to 10 December 1853.