When she sets sail aboard the "Maid of Morne," Regan Gardner believes that her wildest dreams are about to come true. Soon she will join her fianc in Australia, but arrogant Australian Zach Casey is determined to possess her.
Tanner Janet Boeken
Janet Tanner creëert multi-generationele saga's die vaak geworteld zijn in haar eigen arbeidersachtergrond binnen een Somersetse mijnwerkersgemeenschap. Meer recentelijk heeft ze zich gevestigd als een meester in het gothische genre, met haar historische en goed ontvangen gothische romans die lezers boeien. Tanner's eerdere carrière omvatte het productieve schrijven van korte verhalen en feuilletons, wat haar veelzijdigheid in de vertelkunst aantoont. Haar werk wordt erkend voor zijn boeiende verhalen en heeft internationale erkenning gekregen.
Summoned home to attend her beloved mother's sickbed, Tamsin Hardy's homecoming is even more eventful than she had feared. Tamsin's childhood playmate and now mistress of Trevarrah House, offers her a post as companion. The position will enable her to continue caring for her mother, but she feels uneasy about Trevarrah House and its inhabitants.
No Hiding Place
- 366bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
Lawyer Julia Wilson discovers a network of corruption that involves her husband's electronics company, and as her investigation fails to penetrate a wall of silence, she is unnerved by the disappearance of her housekeeper and the realization that she is in danger.
The Reunion
- 350bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
At school Hannah and her three best friends, Laura, Jenny and Annabel, were known as The Inseparables. So when Laura calls out of the blue with the idea of holding a reunion, Hannah is excited at the prospect of seeing how the years have treated her contemporaries. But things soon turn sour when one of them is found dead, drowned in her own swimming pool . . .
The Dark Side of Yesterday
- 348bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
How can you ever be sure how well you know someone...' Or if you know them at all...'
When a new governess learns that all is not what it seems she must uncover secrets hiding beneath the surface...Charity Palfrey is an orphan - with no family of her own, no heritage and no past. Accepting a job as governess at Morwennan House is a fresh start for her, but from the moment Charity arrives she knows there is something sinister about her appointment. Charity finds romance with the handsome and charming Tom Stanton, but she soon starts to question his motivations. Does Tom return her love or is he simply using her for his own ends? And are there darker secrets lurking beneath the surface at Morwennan House?
This is the second of the author's novels set in a glamorous international arena. It is a story of murder, love, revenge and unresolved family secrets set on the island of Jersey. The author also wrote "Oriental Hotel", "The Emerald Valley", "Women and War" and "The Black Mountains"
Rajský ostrov
- 400bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Guy de Savigny, potomek z francouzského šlechtického rodu, se domnívá, že jeho otec za druhé světové války zahynul hrdinnou smrtí. Jeho anglická matka ani francouzský dědeček se k dávným událostem nechtějí vracet. Shodou náhod se Guy dozví, že v Karibiku žije bohatá Němec, někdejší generál jenž na konci druhé světové války uloupil většinu cenných uměleckých rodinných pokladů de Savygnyů. Stůj co stůj nyní chce odhodlaný Guy poznat pravdu a dosáhnout konečně spravedlnosti. Cesta do rajského Karibiku má však zcela jiné vyústění než by čekal. potká zde jižanskou krásku Lily a na první pohled se do ní zamiluje. Avšak Lily je jediná dcera někdejšího fašisty. Také minulost se náhle jeví jako složitější. Jakou cenu nakonec bude muset Guy za odhalení pravdy zaplatit?
