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1873 –
Adam Gentry, heir to the celebrated Paradise Stables in Virginia, is haunted by the visions of his lost love. Feeling cursed by fate, he slips deeper into grief, shrouded in a cloud of liquor and depression, and neglects his duties and responsibilities. But when Adam is forced to accept that there’s nothing he can do to change his past, he knows he must move on.
And he accepts his own destiny: that he will never love again.
Emmaline Somerset finds herself in the worst possible position any unmarried woman can be in. She will have to abandon all of her plans, hopes, and dreams for an independence using her own talents. The only viable solution is to move to a distant relative’s home and reinvent herself as a widow with an infant. No one will ever be the wiser.
Adam, now determined to secure the Gentry legacy, plans to save longtime family friend Emmaline from her embarrassment with an offer of marriage. But what Adam didn’t plan on was how his unexpected attraction to her would stir something inside of him, something he's kept locked deep within.
Can love finds its way between two troubled souls, one driven by duty, the other by honor, both determined to find their way home?
Read an Excerpt:
Adam thought that she really did need some rest as it seemed to him she was holding herself upright by sheer will alone. He stood at his place. Everyone turned their heads to him as if he would be giving another toast like Matt had done, making everyone chuckle, and then Jim, whose wishes for them had everyone in the room misty-eyed, including him. But his mother and Mrs. Somerset, his mother-in-law, strange as that sounded, both looked at Emmaline and stood.
“Come along now,” Louise said to Jane and Phillip and Betsy and motioning to Edwin to help her from her chair. “This has been a long day and I am exhausted.”
“Yes. I am as well,” Eleanor said. “And these children have near worn themselves out.”
Everyone drifted to the front hallway, gathering wraps and kissing children. Jim had Nettie’s two in his arms, carrying them outside to their carriage. Adam helped Louise into her seat and kissed her cheek as Edwin gathered the reins and nodded at him.
“See that Emmaline lies down, won’t you, Adam? I’m so worried for her,” Louise said.
“Of course. It’s been a trying week, but I think it was a beautiful and memorable day.”
She nodded and looked at him with watery eyes. “It has. Thank you.”
Matt and Annie were walking home, and he waved at them after kissing the children and thanking them. He went back inside and found Emmaline hurrying to the door.
“Tell mother to wait,” she began and then looked at him, her face going scarlet. “I don’t live there anymore, do I?”
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ReplyDeleteIt's been years since I've read a book set in the American West. Used to be that's all I read...until I discovered the Regency period in England and Victorian (England & American). Have you or will you consider writing a historical set in a different country and if so, what country?
ReplyDeleteMy American historicals are not set in the west. They're mostly set in the eastern part of the US. This book and all the books in the Gentrys of Paradise series are set in Virginia. I have written two British romances set during the Victorian era called Cross the Ocean and Charming the Duke. Thanks for asking!
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ReplyDeleteI love the cover, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great excerpt.
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