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History of the Heart

When her husband passed away, Sarah, Lady Iverson, was expected to live off her substantial inheritance until she remarried. Instead she chose to forge ahead with her late husband's work in the excavation of an ancient Viking village discovered near York on the Ransome estate. Believed to be buried there is a treasure, tainted by a witch's spell that proclaims only the pure of heart can touch it. Sarah has no time for such superstitious nonsense as she fears the new Lord Ransome intends to remove her from the property.

Miles Rutledge inherited his uncle's estate and was dismayed to discover an archeological dig being performed on the grounds best suited for growing crops. Although his intellectual curiosity is piqued by Sarah's scholarly pursuits, it is his heart that finds an almost otherworldly connection with her—a connection he prays she feels in return...