Janet has been elderly Miss Pope's companion/nurse, and living with her in the Mediterranean, for the past six years. After the old woman dies, Janet decides to go back home, to the farm she used to live at in Yorkshire. She left six years ago, at nineteen, because she wanted more out of life than just working on a farm. Also, she hasn't heard from her family in quite a while. She arrives at her old home, Wildfell, and finds out that her stepmother, Harriet, has had a stroke recently and hasn't been well. (Janet was adopted when she was a year old by Harriet and Matthew Langdon.) Janet discovers she misses Wildfell and wants to stay and help out. She also meets up with Harriet's son, Mark, who now owns the farm since his father died. Mark and Janet were romantically involved six years ago but Janet rejected Mark's love when she told him love wasn't enough to keep her in such a lonely, isolated place. She's surprised at how harsh and bitter Mark has become---and finds out he has a four-year-old son, Jonathan. But where's Jonathan's mother? And is Jonathan really Mark's son?

I enjoyed this book, but it was slow at times. I also wished there was more romance in the book. The main couple weren't together as much as I would've liked them to be. And Mark was a moody hero. I did like how Janet really tried to help out when she returned home and she realized how much she loved and missed Wildfell and Mark. The story also had a bit of a mystery concerning Mark's "son" Jonathan, who was very cute. This was an okay older Harlequin Romance. ( )