Several of her novels feature actual historical characters as diverse as Hungarian revolutionaries, medieval English outlaws, and a family of eternally rebellious royal Scots. Her first literary love was historical fiction, a genre which she relishes mixing up with romance and adventure in her own writing. She lives in Scotland with her husband, one of three grown-up kids, and a small dog with a big personality. Mary Lancaster is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance. Mystery and danger culminate inevitably at Maida Gardens, but when Ludovic’s past catches up with him, will love be enough to save him and the woman he loves beyond reason? But that will not stop him from helping her, even if she never knows. By the time he proves the sin is not Rebecca’s, he has lost her trust. Haunted by the past, he will never let his heart interfere with justice. Ludovic, however, is already on a mission to find evidence against her. Surely Ludovic, a solicitor who specializes in solving people’s knotty problems, is the man to help her fight? She endures her isolation but refuses to give up her son to hostile family. Twice widowed by the age of two-and-twenty, Rebecca is shunned by the ton and reviled as “The Black Widow”, convicted by rumor of murdering her husbands. Intrigued and unwillingly attracted, Rebecca begins to wonder if he might become a friend. But she repels all company-until the mysterious Ludovic Dunne refuses to be dismissed. She comes to Maida Pleasure Gardens, masked and alone, just to feel part of a world that still dances and laughs. Meanwhile, a more deadly enemy stalks them.Ĭan the couple rise above the past and unite before death parts them forever?Rebecca, Lady Cornish, is lonely.
The earl and the countess circle each other in a wary, dangerous dance where either might win - or ruin what’s left of their marriage. And, by the time Wenning comes home, she has befriended a mysterious stranger she met at Maida whom she believes might just serve as her means of revenge. However, a foolish wager has caused her to lose his wedding gift during a masquerade ball at the infamous Maida Pleasure Gardens, and she is worried it could be used against her. Now, she awaits her husband’s return with a little revenge in mind. Setting aside her bewildered grief, she has become a fashionable socialite living on the edge of scandal, surrounded by male admirers.
Two years ago, the charismatic young Earl of Wenning abandoned his bride on their wedding night, leaving her to face the humiliation and inevitable suspicion of guilt alone, while he pursued his diplomatic ambitions abroad.īut the resilient Grace refused to crumble. Welcome to book 1 in the the exciting new series from USA Today Bestselling author Mary Lancaster. “He is the core of all my hate - and all my love.”
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