Kedakaki Yakusoku

Katherine’s hopes of welcoming her beloved brother home to their Hampshire estate are shattered when she learns he has died at the Battle of Waterloo. His death leaves her facing a harsh reality: her uncle’s family claims the estate, and Katherine can no longer access her fortune. With no one else to turn to, Katherine seeks help from Lord Adam Calthorpe, her late brother’s superior. She does not know that her brother had asked Adam to look after her should anything happen to him.