Impetuous

The Spanish Dowry

According to legend, it's a fortune in gold coins and jewelry.

Even a solid gold statue of a leopard. With emerald eyes and a collar of rubies.

The Spanish Dowry -- Lost. Because of a woman. In the late 1600s Black Maggie Verrere was engaged to Sir Edric Neville in an effort to unite the two families. Instead she eloped to America with another man! And the dowry vanished. The two families -- the Verreres and the Nevilles -- have fought and hated each other ever since.

Now, a hundred and fifty years later, another Verrere woman is taking an interest in the dowry. Finding it is the only hope Cassandra Verrere has of providing a future for her young brothers. And for herself. Unfortunately she needs a Neville's help. But trust a Neville? Unthinkable!