Open house - Jill Mansell

The O'Driscoll family is notorious, as common as it is colorful, with gypsy rather than blue blood running through its veins. But Nell, the beauty and the brains of the O'Driscoll clan, is more than a match for the aristocratic and heart-stoppingly handsome Marcus, the new Earl of Kilburton.

And when Marcus, much to the horror of his class-conscious, spoilt brat of a sister, Jemima, decides that the only way to save Kilburton Castle from bankruptcy is to open up the spectacular Englishman’s home to the public, and Nell somehow lands the job as his assistant, you don’t need a crystal ball to see that sparks will fly.

Kilburton's gossips are out in force. For Nell’s mother was the late Earl’s mistress for many years, and surely it’s only a matter of time before history will repeat itself. But Nell isn’t the only one with designs on Marcus. And is she free, anyway, when a figure from her own past refuses to let go?