Author: marylancaster
Can a wife hide behind a mask? Lady Frances married her Scottish earl for love. Now one year and one child later, she feels bored, trapped and lonely, convinced Lord Torridon only married her for convenience. When she can stand it no longer, she flees his stately Highland home for the Edinburgh town house of her most scandalous friend, widow Ariadne Marshall. Unfortunately, she has also brought … Unfortunately, she has also brought the Torridon rubies, which she stakes in an outrageous wager with Ariadne – that their own families will not recognize them at a masked ball. In no…
The real treasure of Ardbeag is not Jacobite gold… has set her wicked sights on his nephew. But after only one masked encounter with her, he determines to make her his own. Unfortunately, the widow is equally determined never to be caught again in the marriage trap, even by the devastating, untamed Mr. Ogilvy, who is unlike anyone she has ever met.Then thieves strike, threatening everyone and everything in their ruthless search for Bonnie Prince Charlie’s legendary treasure.Other books in The Marriage Maker and the Widows collectionRake RuinerMarrying the Belle of EdinburghSeduction of a Widowmore
An old Blackhaven tragedy merges with a new quarrel… When Gervaise, the Earl of Braithwaite, first sees beautiful gypsy Dawn, he is struck by her likeness to his political enemy, Julius Gardyn. In his cups, he grasps the opportunity for a little vengeance and sweeps her off to his ancestral castle. In the morning, he is frustrated in his attempts to make things right by Dawn herself, who … herself, who refuses to return to her family. Dawn, dazzled by the handsome earl, has several reasons for staying with him. Pretending to be Eleanor Gardyn, lost heiress to Haven Hall,…
Can her enemy melt her cold heart? Lady Anna Gaunt comes to Blackhaven on a government commission – to free a French prisoner of war, thought to be Napoleon’s spymaster, Colonel Delon, and learn his secrets. But Anna has to find him first, for the enterprising prisoner has freed himself and clearly has an agenda of his own to be played out in Blackhaven. Louis, betrayed, vengeful, and yet … vengeful, and yet stubbornly loyal, is an enigma. He seems more interested in Anna’s personal secrets than those of his own country, and their war of words and information quickly…
Read Book Six in the bestselling Blackhaven Brides series… a lonely governess, a mute pupil, and secrets abound in this captivating tale. Purchase the novel or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!Can the governess teach a damaged hero? Caroline Grey is devastated when she is dismissed from her post as governess to the Earl of Braithwaite’s sisters. Finding temporary sanctuary at the eerie and … sanctuary at the eerie and neglected Haven Hall, she does not expect to enjoy the challenges presented by the house’s dark and forbidding tenant, Javan Benedict, or by her mute and needy pupil. However, she is…
Get Book Five in the exciting and sensual BLACKHAVEN BRIDES series! Or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited!The lady meets her match – and he’s hopelessly ineligible. Poverty stricken marquis, Lord Tamar, is regarded in Blackhaven as an amiable eccentric and a gifted painter, rather than as a wicked man. But Tamar has secrets that he dare not reveal to anyone, let alone to the delightful Lady … let alone to the delightful Lady Serena, the Earl of Braithwaite’s sister, who suddenly lights up his world. To Serena, fed up with London etiquette and sent home to her family castle…
Charming orphan Gillie Muir holds card parties in coastal Blackhaven for a living. But when infamous Lord Wickenden makes Gillie a shocking proposal, her life will forever change! A captivating Regency romance that’s first in a series.