Hidden Treasures

Allan Everard an earl's illegitimate son is dismissed from his employment at his father's death but inherits a former coaching inn. Needing to make a new life in London he begins by leasing the inn to a charity. Unexpectedly orphaned Rosabel Stanbury and her younger sister are made wards of a distant unknown cousin. Fearing his secretive ways and his intentions for them Rosabel and Oriana flee to London where they are taken in by a women's charity. Drawn into Rosabel's problems with his inn under surveillance by criminals Allan has only a handful of unlikely allies including an elderly general a burglar and an old lady who knows criminal slang. A traditional romance.