Jane and Salt: Four years of Happily Ever AfterSir Antony Templestowe: Four years of ExileLady Caroline: Four years of HeartacheDiana St. John: Four years plotting RevengeThe time has come…How does a brother cope with life knowing his sister is a murderess?How can a nobleman have the life he has always wanted when a lurking evil consumes his thoughts and haunts his dreams?What will it take for … lurking evil consumes his thoughts and haunts his dreams?
What will it take for good to triumph over evil?
Awards for this Book
- 2013 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Medalist
Book Details
Series: Book 2 in the Salt Hendon series; sequel to SALT BRIDE
Classification: Parental Guidance Recommended (mild sensuality)
Length: Full-length novel (123,000 words, about 490 standard pages)
Edition: Revised, re-edited, and re-covered in 2014
Style: Classic romance with a modern voice, similar to Regency noir
Connecting Books
Many readers enjoy Lucinda Brant’s books as part of a wider series since her characters inhabit the same meticulously-researched 18th Century world with people and events cross-referenced throughout. You can explore the details and delve deeper into the history within each book by visiting LucindaBrantAuthor on Pinterest. Should you wish to read each series in chronological order, here is the sequence:
Salt Hendon Series
1763 SALT BRIDE (Magnus and Jane)
1767 SALT REDUX (Antony and Caroline)
1767 A FAIRY CHRISTMAS (Kitty and Tom); a short story in SILVER BELLS COLLECTION, a Timeless Romance anthology
Roxton Family Saga
1740s NOBLE SATYR (Renard and Antonia)
1760s MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE (Julian and Deb)
1770s AUTUMN DUCHESS (Antonia and Jonathon)
1770s DAIR DEVIL (Dair and Rory)
1770s PROUD MARY (Mary and Christopher) In progress
1780s SATYR’S SON (Henri-Antoine and Lisa) In progress
ETERNALLY YOURS: Roxton Letters Volume One (A Companion to the Roxton Family Saga Books 1–3)
FOREVER REMAIN: Roxton Letters Volume Two (A Companion to the Roxton Family Saga Books 4–6) In progress
Alec Halsey Mystery Series
Spring 1763 DEADLY ENGAGEMENT (Country house murder and mayhem)
Autumn 1763 DEADLY AFFAIR (A poisoned vicar and the mysterious Miranda)
Winter 1763 DEADLY PERIL (Bloody intrigue abroad) In progress
Summer 1764 DEADLY KIN (Evil lurks in Edinburgh) In progress
Reviews
”Lucinda Brant weaves a rather terrifying tale of the darkest deception planned to the most minor detail and brilliantly has us uncovering the plot right along with the characters. And then just when you feel it’s safe to resurface Brant gives you this chilling story that mixes insanity with brilliance, a deadly combination. Extraordinary historical romance at its very best.” — SWurman: 5 STAR Top Pick Night Owl Reviews
“The richness of the prose and the attention to all that drives the story make this a wonderful read. Tension mounts as Lady Diana proceeds with her plot to unseat Jane. The story is multi-layered and threads from the past are seamlessly woven into current events. SALT BRIDE was the first Lucinda Brant book I reviewed and I loved it. What a pleasure to revisit ‘old friends’ in this sequel. Highly recommended.” — Fiona Ingram: 5 STARS Readers’ Favorite
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Similar to the first book, I couldn’t put this down.
The “bad guy” really sucks you in and you just have to know what will happen!
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Great read.
This story begins where Salt Bride left off. This is something new for me also. Usually, the Villian of the first book in the Series gets what is coming to him or her and you never hear from them again. Not in this Series. Lady Diana St John is back and more evil and unbalanced than ever.
In Salt Bride, you meet Salt’s younger sister Caroline and Sir Anthony Templestowe. They have known each other since they were very young. They have been in love forever, but Anthony made a terrible mistake and was banished from England to remote Russia as a Diplomat. Caroline is despondent and gives her virginity away on a whim to a rake. She is blackmailed and forced to marry the blackmailer. So sets the stage for their love story.
Anthony is in Russia when he receives a letter advising him that his sister has escaped her imprisonment and is bent on killing Jane and her children and finally get Salt for herself. Anthony rushes back to England to stop his sister once and for all. When he finds out that his love, Caroline is now a widow he immediately proposes. Caroline is ashamed of her actions since Anthony was banished to Russia. She wants to marry him but is afraid that if he finds out what led to her marriage that he will not want her. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Anthony plans a scheme that will take care of his sister for good. He cannot kill her, she is after all family. He arranges to send her to Siberia in Russia where she will spend the rest of her life paying for her sins. Something goes wrong. Anthony saves Jane and Salt’s children but in the process, Diana is killed in a really gruesome way.
Anthony and Caroline get married and everyone lives happily ever after. I really loved his book as well. I especially loved all the witty dialogue from the children in this book. I giggled a great deal while reading. I highly recommend this book also.
Book l3 – Chrismas Angel (Novella)
This is the love story of Kitty Aldershot, Caroline’s sister-in-law whom Salt takes into his home and Tom Allenby, Jane’s brother. A sweet romance with a sassy and sweet young lady and a nice, steady young man. It takes place at Christmas where all the family is together for the holidays. The Christmas Angel title comes from Salt’s son Ned calling Kitty The Christmas Angel. Tom and Kitty also get their HAE.
In conclusion, this is an amazing collection that was really a first for me in more ways than one and I will definitely be listening to more of Lucinda’s books. A special thanks to Wendy Loveridge and Carol Cork for introducing me to this wonderful author.
Got every book in the series. Awesome.
It was an excellent book a very good read could not put it down.EXCELLENT
Four years after Diana St. John’s heinous, mad schemes were revealed and she was imprisoned in a remote Welsh castle, she escapes. She’s had four years to plot a revenge on Jane and her children and that revenge is every bit as heinous as the plots covered in the first book. She is absolutely and totally mad but is excellent at hiding that from the general public.
In the four years since the ending of the last book, many things have happened to the Salt Hendon’s and those who are near and dear to them. Most of those things have not been good, but some have been absolutely wonderful.
— Salt and Jane have three beautiful, happy children – two sons and a daughter – and they have a very close and loving relationship.
— Sir Antony Templestowe, who has loved Lady Caroline for as long as he can remember, made an absolute, drunken ass of himself at Lady Caroline’s coming out party and has been exiled to Russia.
— Lady Caroline made some terrible choices and ended up very unhappily married. She is now a widow.
As soon as Antony learns of his sister’s escape he heads back to London to do whatever it takes to stop whatever devious plan she has made. When he arrives at his home, he finds her living there and totally immersed back into society. He knows he cannot let her know that he is watching her and is going to foil her plot. Since she thinks he’s a stupid buffoon and doesn’t credit him with any intelligence at all, that isn’t too hard to do.
Anthony rushes over to Salt’s home to assure that he is aware of Diana’s escape and to tell him of his plan to recapture her without causing the scandal they’ve all been trying to avoid.
When Anthony see’s Lady Caroline again, he immediately proposes. She runs out without accepting or declining. They both have secrets they must share with the other before they can look toward their HEA.
It is wonderful to see that Anthony outsmarts his evil sister and she gets the ending that I think she deserves – Finally!
Great read!