She Inherited a Castle and...Him

R.R. RISCH 16 stories

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Summary

Rowan Sinclair never expected to inherit a crumbling keep. She certainly never expected the infuriatingly capable restoration contractor who came with it. Redbrook Castle has stood for centuries — patient, watchful, and, Rowan is increasingly certain, not entirely indifferent to what happens within its walls. When her aunt's will delivers both the estate and an unfinished restoration project into her hands, Rowan throws herself into the work of saving it. The keep needs structural repairs. The accounts need attention. The staff need direction. What she doesn't need is Nolan Pearce — steady, perceptive, and far too good at his job — noticing things she'd rather he didn't. They have history, though neither of them has said so aloud. Childhood summers at the keep, a carving in an oak tree, and two people who left without finishing what they'd started. Now he's back, and so is she, and the keep seems quietly determined to put them in the same room. She Inherited a Castle… and Him is a slow-burn romance about two people who are very good at their work and considerably less practised at letting someone in. About a place that asks something real of the people who keep it. About grief carried quietly, trust rebuilt carefully, and the particular courage required to stay. Some things take a long time to come right. The keep knew that. It was simply waiting for them to catch up.