Jessica

After Jessica Durleigh, a farmer's daughter, became engaged to the local squire, she ran off with Philip Woodville because she loved him. After Philip died, she has returned because he had willed tiny Applegate to her. Only she and Philip's mother mourned his passing, and Jessica would soon learn why. But Sir Nicholas, Philip's older brother, was intent on finding out how Philip had financed his lifestyle... British Historical Romance by Sandra Heath writing as Sandra Wilson; originally published by Fawcett Coventry