The Dowager Countess by Sahara Kelly

I am determined upon a course that will involve careful consideration, calculation, and actions that will be of benefit to me. Nobody else. For only by pursuing this course will I fully recover my life, my independence, my self-confidence – and my soul.
I thought my life had ended when I was seventeen. It hadn’t.
I thought my life would end last year at the Dower House. It didn’t.
Now I have yet another chance at a brand new life. This time, I shall be the one to direct it. I will not open my heart to the risk of another betrayal by any man.
For that would indeed be the death of me.
The Journal of Gwyneth, Dowager Countess, Lady of Wolfbridge, March 1818
Weak and desperate, Gwyneth, Dowager Countess of Kilham, clings to what’s left of her life, unaware that rescue is on the way. Awakening in a strange bed she struggles to recover, wondering about the handsome men who are nursing her back from the brink of death.
Assuming the mantle of Lady of Wolfbridge, Gwyneth begins to improve not only her health, but her damaged soul, finding solace in the willing and loving arms of her four gentlemen. Daring to obey her desires and turn her back on convention, she learns that there are still men who believe in honour—and generous, selfless passion. In addition, she discovers herself to be a woman unafraid of those passions.
The Whitsun fête is a grand occasion for the entire estate, but it also brings danger to Wolfbridge. The Lady will have to take a stand against those who would destroy her and seize everything she now holds dear.
And she’ll have to be brave enough to understand that she is no longer alone.