Bøger af Anne Meredith

Researching what she swears will be her last romance novel, Rebecca Reynolds travels to the charming old town of Jefferson, Texas. Why should she continue to write about the myth of romantic love, when she's seen no evidence of it in her own life?Still, she finds herself captivated by the tales of historic Jefferson and the beautiful woman murdered over a century ago for her diamonds. And is it true that anyone who sleeps in Garit's room at the fabled Behringer Inn will wake up in love? No sooner does she check into the bed and breakfast than she finds herself swept away to old Jefferson during its 1876 heyday. And then ... she meets Garit himself. And soon she's caught up in a web of deceit, sabotage, and greed. How can she find her way back to her own time - and does she even want to live in a world without Garit?

Rachel remembered nothing of the past. Her sister Merrilea remembers too much. With IMMORTAL, Anne Meredith continues the saga of the Trelawneys of Williamsburg, which began in 1746 with TENDER, the love story of Rachel and slave-trader Grey Trelawney. IMMORTAL is the story of Merrilea, the younger sister of Rachel, who has been raised in hiding by her grandmother, Hannah Hastings (Nan), an English woman with a stormy, sorrowful past and many secrets. When Merrilea was still a toddler, her grandmother (Nan) changed her name to Marley Hastings for her own protection - and for Nan's. Join Marley, an archaeologist and Williamsburg historian, as she discovers the "Lost Sea Captain" in the dig of an 18th-century ship found in a construction site in Norfolk. When she goes on a Caribbean vacation with Nan, Marley nearly drowns in a tropical storm until she's rescued by a handsome sea captain. Marley soon learns she's traveled in time and that Hawk and his best friend, Raven, support the American revolution on their ship, the Adventurer, as privateers in the year 1775. The crew wages valiant fights against Royal Navy warships on the high seas, British Army gunners at the Battle of Great Bridge, and the villainous Lucian Caine, who has returned from the past to settle an old score he has with the Trelawneys.As shy Marley falls in love with the charming Hawk, he brings her out of her shell and teaches her to relish life, and to overcome fear with courage. Hawk himself is pleasantly surprised at the passion revealed in the fiery young woman. Marley soon comes to realize that Hawk is indeed the Lost Sea Captain - but how can she intervene in his fate without upsetting history?

Rachel Sheppard is running from a forgotten past when she travels to Colonial Williamsburg with her best friend, Camisha. She soon learns that the man who raised her has been keeping a dark secret from her for twenty years and blackmailing Camisha. Now, he'll do anything to stop Rachel from revealing his secret. Rachel and Camisha take shelter at Rosalie-a tobacco plantation with a storied past. No sooner does Rachel arrive at the old plantation than she's swept into the arms of Grey Trelawney, the wealthy plantation owner with secrets of his own. Will Rachel remember the childhood trauma that wiped away her most treasured memories? How can a man as contemptible as Grey not only awaken in her the most tender passions, but also hold the key to restoring those memories? Can she prevent the fire that killed the man she now loves?This latest steamy time-travel romance from Anne Meredith is a sweeping drama of treachery, friendship, and redemption, set on a backdrop of forbidden love and overflowing with the history of the era. It will take you away, make you think, and leave you hungry for Immortal: Book Two in The Trelawneys of Williamsburg Series by Anne Meredith.

Set on the backdrop of the American Revolution in 1781, Forever consummates the story of Rachel, Merrilea, and Juliana Miller.In her timeless quest to learn why her parents deserted her, Juliana has discovered one ironclad rule: Leave no footprints. The independent young woman wants more than anything to leave an impact-through a family of her own. The memory of the passionate Rashall Adams abides with her through all the years since he left.Now Rashall is back-tired of injustice and strife, wanting only to make a home with Juliana. But when Major General Lafayette recruits him to uncover the intelligence of the British army by posing as a runaway slave, how will he respond? Will Juliana and Rashall prevail over the corruption and war that conspire to divide them? As the Miller sisters endeavor to make peace with their past, they find the future fraught with challenges they never expected.

Dette er en historie om det victorianske England, og det konservative og rigide moralkodeks, der herskede dengang. Det er historien om to døtre af en landsbypræst. Janet, den ældste, er almindelig og kedelig, og bliver altid valgt fra til fordel for lillesøsteren Cassie, hvis skønhed er exceptionel. Cassie ødelægger dog sine egne chancer for et godt giftermål, da hun stikker af til Europa for at leve som kurtisane. Imens bliver Janet gift med den attraktive John Hardwick, og hun dedikerer hengivent sit liv til Johns karriere som prædikant. Men da John møder Cassie, forelsker han sig i hende, og Janet, som er stolt og ikke kan tåle at tabe ansigt, kræver en sidste, fatal hævn … Anne Meredith var et af mange pseudonymer for den britiske krimiforfatter Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-197). Selvom hendes forældre ønskede, at hun skulle være skolelærer, var hun fast besluttet på at blive forfatter. Hendes første roman blev udgivet i 1927. Senere udgav hun 69 krimiromaner, og i 51 af dem figurerede hendes bedst kendte karakter, Arthur Crook, en brovten og passioneret advokat fra London.

Hardback edition with an additional essay by President of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards. Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931. This fascinating and unusual novel tells the story of what happened that dark Christmas night; and what the murderer did next.