A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano

The faith elements of the novel are woven into the narrative so as to not disrupt the overall story of romance and mystery, and Politano offers plenty of plot twists to draw readers to a charming and heartwarming ending.

While the book begins at a slow, sometime repetitive pace (mentions of the hidden money, Tressa’s longing for her father), the pacing picks up about a third of the way through at the revelation of a secret that Vance has been harboring. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Subjects Fiction Romance Historical Fiction. Left penniless after her father’s death, Tressa must fend off treasure hunting relatives, a former lover who is trying to gain Tressa’s hand-and fortune-for his own political gains (and at the wishes of Tressa’s mother), and her own growing feelings for Vance all the while trying to find the money to pay the workers of Trevelyan Castle, her family’s estate. A Rumored Fortune ebook By Joanna Davidson Politano. Unfortunately for Tressa, a stranger has taken root in the vineyard-Donegan Vance was hired by Tressa’s father before he died to manage the vineyard and the workers. And it is a past that includes a hidden fortune. Joanna Davidson Politano is the award-winning author of Lady Jayne Disappears A Rumored Fortune. Tressa yearns for one more moment with her recently deceased father, but what she can settle for is time in his vineyard, where she can try to reconnect with his past. Award-winning author Joanna Davidson Politano welcomes readers to Trevelyan Castle, home of the poorest heiress in Victorian England, for a treasure hunt they'll not soon forget.Politano returns and introduces the heiress Tressa Harlowe in this delightful Victorian mystery. She'll have to work with the rough and rusticated vineyard manager to keep the laborers content without pay and discover the key to finding her father's fortune before someone else finds it first. It doesn't take long for a bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise of offering condolences.

Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. Can Tressa and the no-nonsense estate manager find the fortune before the greedy relatives get to it first? A lonely young heiress becomes the poorest wealthy woman in Victorian England when her father dies without telling anyone where he hid his fortune.

A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano