Miss Westwood and the Lake (Beniton Hall, #6)

Can an aspiring vicar without a living, and a jilted spinster without a future, find just what they need with each other?

James Avington, the amiable yet oft-overlooked youngest son, possesses all the advantages of birth with no guarantee of sustaining them. If he pursues his mentor’s daughter, he might earn a chance to advance in his profession, but is the pretty, aloof Miss Hastings really the bride a vicar needs? Or would his childhood neighbor Miss Westwood prove to be the unexpected true companion of his heart?

Known by her whole village as the jilted spinster, Felicia Westwood dedicates her life to tending her ailing mother. But when the frail, boyish James Avington she used to know sweeps back into her life for the summer—now as a charming young man—Felicia is forced to walk the delicate line between her hard-earned contentment and an inconvenient desire for more.

Childhood friends reconnect as lovers in a sweet story of self-discovery, family, sacrifice, trust, and love.