The Earl Next Door

[DEBUT] Piety Grey is a long way from her New York home when she takes ownership of a London townhouse in much need of repair. To avoid the attempts by her calculating mother to betroth her to any of her five detestable stepbrothers in order to control her rather healthy inheritance, Piety must spend that money. What better way than on a costly and time-consuming renovation? Arriving with her African companion Tiny Baker brings Piety to the attention of the Marchioness Frinfrock, whose mission is to maintain the stability of Henrietta Place. Piety also runs into, literally, her next-door neighbor Trevor Rheese, the newly minted Earl of Falcondale. It seems a passageway connects Piety's second floor to Trevor's music room. A single woman, an unattached male; oh, this will never do. Yet as an architect, can Trevor avoid helping her to restore her home? Trevor's own past is less than pristine, having worked in Greece for an unscrupulous landlord. He only wants to be rid of it all—the past, his obligations, his new neighbor—and sail away. Not going to happen!