What's A Little Poaching Between Friends: Victorian Country House Mystery

A country house. A dangerous secret. And a fiancé Etty Redgrave definitely cannot trust.England, 1868: Newly engaged, Etty Redgrave should be planning her wedding. Instead, she travels to the countryside for Lady Darby's summer house party, determined to uncover why her fiancé lied to secure her hand.When Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham, arrives asking questions of his own, Etty finds herself under scrutiny. He has no faith in the match and every intention of uncovering the truth behind it.But when a night of misadventure ends with an abandoned cottage burning to the ground, a far more dangerous secret comes to light. Someone is running a poaching operation on Darby land... and Etty's fiancé insists they uncover the culprit.As tensions rise between warring neighbours and the locals close ranks, Etty and Tristan are forced to dig deeper into the secrets of the people around her. They aren't just searching for the truth. They're racing to find the poacher before blame falls on the wrong person.Because if they fail, an innocent family will be ruined, along with Etty's only chance of escaping her engagement.