The Oak Leaves

Two women. Two eras. One bond: a legacy.Talie Ingram thought she’d discovered a family treasure in the nineteenth-century journal belonging to her ancestor, Cosima Escott. But Talie’s perfect suburban life begins to unravel when an old family secret seems to be showing up in her toddler son–a legacy she may have passed on to him without even knowing it.Cosima Escott is considered “cursed” by everyone who knows her family. Because of a legacy even she is convinced she will pass along should she ever have children, she has vowed never to marry. That is, until she falls in love with a man who should never think her suitable: a future Viscount, a man from a long line of noble English tradition. A man who needs healthy heirs to carry forth his legacy.Cosima is the last person he should ever consider marrying . . .