Bøger af Elaine Violette

When a minister's daughter rebels against her father's uncharacteristic demand that she accepts a marriage proposal from a stuffy, egotistical theology student, he uses deception and manipulation to gain her obedience. Meanwhile, a hired carpenter, the man she loves, finds an old diary in the ruins of a wall he's razed and discovers a shocking family scandal. If he keeps its secrets, he'll lose her to another; if he reveals the contents, it could destroy her and disgrace her family. As two men vie for her affection and her father pressures her with his demands, strange occurrences at the parsonage keep the family on edge. Truths must come to light, but will they destroy this young woman's belief, shatter her dreams, or bring lasting love?

Lady Amelia Pierce has a forbidden dream: riding in equestrian competitions. When she loses a family ring in the stable, her brother finds her foraging for it in the hay with Lucas Grey, a duke's bastard son. Amelia's outraged father sends her to London to salvage her reputation and find a suitable match. Despite his ignoble birth and rakish reputation, Lucas is much admired for his management of Winston Equestrian Stables. He and Amelia are fascinated by each other. But the missing emerald ring and a viscount's greed lead to disaster and imprisonment for Lucas. Will scandal and secrets keep him from Amelia forever?

Despite a promise to her sons to end her dangerous abolitionist activities, a widow refuses to turn away a desperate runaway in need of shelter. When sadistic slave catchers arrive in town and terrorize her family, she must face the deadly consequences of her broken promise. What follows is both a heart-breaking and heart-warming story of a family in need of healing from grief, terror, and destructive secrets.

Alaina has given up hope that Martin Blackstone will return her love. She prepares to re-enter London's social scene. Plans change when Phillip Harrington, her deceased father's previous business partner, appears and threatens her with blackmail. He reveals damaging evidence that could destroy her beloved brother's life unless she agrees to a ruse that will help him close a lucrative deal her father's death left unfinished. Sacrificing her respectability, she leaves London with Harrington on a voyage to America posing as his fiancé. When Martin discovers that the woman he's left behind has been blackmailed and in imminent danger, he will move heaven and earth to find her. Despite his heroism, obstacles appear insurmountable for Alaina to trust Martin's love.

When Emily Grace Hughes, a poetess with an aversion to marriage, proposes a convenient pretense of courtship to Lord Marcus Deming during the London Season, Marcus sees it as a perfect solution to his matchmaking aunt's interference. While the ruse ends in emotional turmoil and misconceptions, a more devious pretense brews at the Hughes' estate, threatening all that Emily holds dear. Will Marcus' unspoken love for Emily drive him to uncover the truth behind both pretenses or will the more malicious deceiver become the victor?

Marielle Henley, privileged and betrothed to Richard Craymore, has a secure future until her rebellion leads her into the path of the ruggedly handsome highwayman, York Blackstone. York, the first son of an Earl, turned thief, lives to avenge his family's demise. His captive's beauty and her sauciness makes it difficult for him to keep his focus on the prize, a hefty ransom for her return; that is, until she reveals the name of her betrothed. He discovers that she can bring him something money can't buy, his birthright lost to him when his father was falsely accused of treason. Marielle is unable to dismiss York's contradictory behavior, one moment a tyrant, the next a gentleman, a much too attractive one. Is York Blackstone a fiendish rogue or the orphaned elder son of a once highly respected aristocrat? York's cunning and invulnerable nature, hardened by life on the streets, is tested by Marielle's alluring presence, but he will stop at nothing or allow anyone, including his lovely captive, to divert him from avenging his father's disgrace. York and his unlikely conspirators join together to bridge the gap between the power of the privileged and the determination of the discarded in society. York and Marielle's passion for one another is seemingly lost in the web of conflicts. Could a meddling elderly aunt create the perfect plan to bring the two lovers back together?