Holding Onto Love

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>If the gossips of the ton can agree on one thing it is that an earl cannot possibly marry his mistress.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Four years ago Lord Jasper Taverston heir to the Earl of Iversley marshalled his considerable resources to protect the brave woman he desired and claim her for his own. Now as the newly ascended earl Jasper is prepared for all the responsibilities of his position except for the most important: ensuring the Taverston line. For that he needs a wife. Wealthy handsome and effortlessly charming he shouldn't find courting to be a trial. But he does. Because no lady of the ton can compare to his mistress.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mrs. Vanessa Wardrip a soldier's widow has always known that her arrangement with Lord Taverston would be temporary. After all he is a peer of the realm and she is the daughter of a mill owner. When she agreed to be Jasper's lover she asked him to promise her </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> thing: that when the time came for him to marry he would tell her first allowing her a dignified retreat.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It should be a simple vow to keep but when his father falls ill Jasper impulsively begins pursuing a duke's daughter. Betrayed and humiliated Vanessa flees to the countryside telling no one where to find her. Jasper knows where his obligation lies but how can he woo a suitable lady when his heart belongs to Vanessa? If only he could locate her he would... What?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>What is a duty-before-all-else earl to do when an unsuitable woman is the only one who will suit?</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The Taverstons of Iversley</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 1 - Counting on Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 2 - Holding onto Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 3 - Waiting for Love</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Book 4 - Yielding to Love</span></p>