When her parents and only brother die within weeks of each other, Alicia and her younger sister are left in the hands of an uncle who has brought them all to financial and social ruin. Desperate to save her family from debtor’s prison, Alicia vows to marry the first wealthy man to propose. She meets the dashing Lord Amesbury, and her heart whispers that this is the man she is destined to love, but his tainted past may forever stand in their way. Her choices in potential husbands narrow to either a scarred cripple with the heart of a poet, or a handsome rake with a deadly secret. Cole Amesbury is tormented by his own ghosts, and believes he is beyond redemption, yet he cannot deny his attraction for the girl whose genuine goodness touches the heart he’d thought long dead. He fears the scars in his soul cut so deeply that he may never be able to offer Alicia a love that is true. When yet another bizarre mishap threatens her life, Alicia suspects the seemingly unrelated accidents that have plagued her loved ones are actually a killer’s attempt to exterminate every member of her family. Despite the threat looming over her, learning to love the stranger she married may pose the greatest danger to her heart.
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Summary
With what’s left of her family relying on her to marry well and save them all, Alicia Palmer is faced with accepting the offer of a man more than twice her age, the
man who killed her brother, or a masked, crippled man she does not know. From the start, I really liked Alicia and I wanted her to find some happiness. The details in this novel are just wonderful and really drew me in immediately. Donna Hatch’s writing style is enjoyable, and the fact that she is an author who keeps her books clean, makes me love the world she has created even more. If I had to find anything I didn’t like, it would be some of the contractions used (‘she’d, he’d, and so on). They aren’t necessarily used incorrectly but I did notice them quite a few times. I would definitely recommend this for any readers who want a historical read that’s clean and fun with just the hint of mystery.