Elizabeth Miles is in a position no scheme can help her escape: Her beloved fiancé, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his draft notice to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth finds it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston has a rather large estate, and he needs a new will because he has just secretly married Rose, a woman of whom his family would never approve. He wants to make sure she and their unborn child are provided for if he does not return. When Tom is reported killed, Elizabeth and Gideon learn that the new will is missing. Unless it is found and validated, the original will - which leaves everything to Tom's brother - will prevail, and Rose and their child will get nothing. If she even survives. Some terrible threats have been levels against Rose, and Elizabeth and Gideon must figure out a way, legal or not quite, to secure Tom's fortuen for his wife and child while saving her life in the process.
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