Author: elizabethkingston
Vivez la vie pleinement…Live life to the fullest.That’s always been Marie-Anne de Vauteuil’s motto. As a Frenchwoman of highly questionable upbringing, she was shunned by genteel society when her fiancé died years ago, leaving her a penniless, fallen woman. Almost married, almost a widow…She retreated to an isolated village where no one knows or cares about her sordid past. And with no one to … with no one to answer to, she will do as she pleases, including eating cake until her corset strings pop if she so chooses. But then, an invitation to London on a mission of mercy…
After her reputation is shattered, Helen leaves society for a simpler life. Lord Stephen is set on unraveling the scandal around her ruin, but soon finds himself unexpectedly falling for her. Can they overcome secrets of their pasts to embrace their love?
As a child, Gwenllian was married by proxy — but her husband died before they met. Now, Gwenllian is forced together with the man who widowed her: deadly, tortured Ranulf. “Fans of unusual couples will be caught up in this story of romance and redemption” (Publishers Weekly).