WELCOME TO THE FIRST BOOK IN THE AUCOURTE CHRONICLES 

A noble family. A forbidden love. A choice that could cost everything.

Lady Alice Aucourte has spent nearly eighteen years being exactly what society demands: the dutiful daughter of the 15th Earl of Brede, the sensible elder sister of six siblings, and the perfect young lady who never publicly questions her place in the rigid Victorian hierarchy.
Until Thomas Fraser walks into the schoolroom at Sea Castle. Brilliant, brooding, and burdened by a disgraced past in Scotland, Tom arrives as tutor to the Aucourte children—a position far beneath his education, but the only refuge left to a man cast out by his own father.
He knows the rules. A penniless tutor has no right to even look at an earl’s daughter. But resisting her may be the hardest challenge he has ever faced.
Alice sees past Tom’s reserve to the honour, gentleness, and quiet loneliness beyond. For the first time in her sheltered life, she feels truly seen—and Tom Fraser becomes a temptation she cannot resist.

As spring turns to summer at the isolated castle by the sea, stolen glances deepen into charged conversations… and then into plans for a future neither of them should dare to imagine.
Propriety battles desire. Duty wars with the heart. Alice begins to realise the greatest risk isn’t scandal—it’s living a life that is wrong for her.

But when tragedy strikes and her father unravels, Alice faces an impossible choice. Will she sacrifice her own happiness to support her family, or break with convention and marry for love?
Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, Poldark, and sweeping family sagas, The Earl’s Daughter opens a multi‑generational journey through Victorian and Edwardian England—a world on the brink of change.
This first-in-series novel features:

• A forbidden love that defies class barriers

• A Scottish hero seeking redemption

• Social scandal and rigid expectations in 1890s aristocratic England

• A heroine who chooses courage over convention

• A tortured hero fighting for reconciliation

• Complex family dynamics and generational secrets

• An immersive, authentic Victorian setting

   

The Aucourte Chronicles continue with Richard’s story in Book Two. The 16th Earl arrives in late 2026.
If you loved the romance of Bridgerton and the family drama of Downton Abbey, discover the Aucourte Chronicles—where every generation has its own story to tell.