An English heiress robbed of choice and a widowed rancher determined to give her one feature in this heart-wrenching, marriage-of-convenience story...

Family, secrets, lies, truths ... Love unexpected.

1911. The eldest daughter of an English earl, Lady Dianna Marshall understands well duty and sacrifice. But when her father arranges her marriage to an elderly duke of questionable morals, she takes a bold step, and pays a heavy price. To protect her shameful secret, Dianna steals away on the Titanic bound for America with a young couple who've offered her sanctuary—in exchange for her unborn child. But when the ship sinks taking her benefactor and his fortune with it, Dianna lands on foreign shores destitute, and facing desperate choices ...

Texas cattle rancher, Jake Douglas, knows almost nothing about the British Aristocracy, and less about gilded ballrooms. He has a keen understanding of sacrifice and loss, however. So, when his cousin's penniless widow washes up in New York harbouring an expectant woman on the run from a coerced marriage, he does the only thing his conscience will allow...

From the gilded halls of upper-crust England to the windswept Texas panhandle, and on to the gritty streets of turn-of-the-20th-century New York City, My Dear One is an emotional story about family: their secrets, their lies ... their unbreakable bonds, and the power they have to shape an individual's future—and that individual's power to break free and reshape a family when unexpected love blossoms in defiance of all expectation...

Recognized by KOBO as one of Canada's best debut books of 2018, and praised by readers:

"emotional, heartfelt, and beautifully written"...

"I loved this book"...

"A must read! Treachery, heartache, love...and those sweet moments that bind it all together."