Hope Ashburton was living with her invalid mother at Redrock House when she learned that her home had been gambled away to the rake Maxwell Longford, Earl of Merimont. The earl discovered that Miss Ashburton and her mother had an unbreakable lease on the property, so what was he to do with the guests he'd invited? Divide the house, of course. Regency Romance by Allison Lane; originally published by Signet