Author: pippagreathouse

“If you marry me, I’ll want you in my house, in my life, and in my bed.”Lizzie has known and loved Thomas all her life. But they are at an impasse. Neither of her brothers are willing to run Pembroke in her parents’ absence, and it has fallen to her. When Thomas gives her his mandate, she is heartbroken. It seems there is nothing they can agree upon.Thomas is ready to marry. Lizzie is not. Can … ready to marry. Lizzie is not. Can they have a future together at all? When she is called to the deathbed of a…