A review by attytheresa
The Obsessions of Lord Godfrey Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens

3.0

Lord Godfrey is headed deep into North Yorkshire in January 1850 to assess a high renaissance painting's validity when he and his manservant are caught in a sudden blizzard just short of their destination, Hinkley Hall. While they make it to the hall alive, Godfrey collapses on arrival at the feet of Miss Eleanor Hinkley. As the blizzard rages trapping all in the manor, including 2 neighbors and a distant relative who also was caught on the road by the blizzard, Ellie and Godfrey bond while he recovers from the fever and cough that inevitably takes possession after his collapse.

Godfrey, the youngest of the Cavanaugh siblings, is passionate about art and has become an expert in detecting forgeries. In the course of his appraisal, it is found that things are not as expected in more than one way with respect to the painting and to matters at Hinkley Hall. While dodging danger and disclosing villains, all is satisfactorily resolved and true love finds its way.

This is the last of the Cavanaugh siblings series by Laurens. All of the siblings have put the ugly past behind them and sunk deep roots into the new families they have each embraced while realizing individual fulfillment in their chosen interests.