Promises Triology ~ a Regency period series
I absolutely LOVE writing my Scotland historicals, but as a writer, characters come to me and literally beg me to tell their story.
That is what happened with Millie, Aimee and Jennelle. They came about one day when speaking with a friend. I thought 'you know with all their fancy speech and proper manners, I bet best friends have always been essentially the same as they are today/. And getting to know these three women (yes I get to “know” my characters), their loyalty and devotion, their personal beliefs as well as their men (wink) I discovered a story both rich in laughter, love, and mystery, proving why romance will never go away - it is timeless.
PROMISES
First Place Winner - Historical Romance category -
PASIC 2007 Book Of Your Heart contest
Lady Millie Aldon, a petite dark-haired beauty, is most avid in her conviction to never say “I do” to any man. The dull nobles of her acquaintance would never allow her to continue her inclinations of doing the unpardonable. Forced into a Season, Millie promises to find excitement and refuse all seekers of marriage. At least until Charles Wentworth, the new Marquess of Chaselton, appears again in her life. Gone is the older boy who enjoyed ruining all her childhood escapades. In his place, Millie finds a taller, harder, and significantly more powerful man who rattles her senses as he introduces her to unknown adventures in passion.
Chase's serious nature fostered the logic, skills, and cunning that had kept him alive as a spy. Now, his cold, hard attitude would help him find a traitor—a man who also murdered his father. The only person Chase could recall with the ability to provoke his ire or ignite his laughter was Mildred Aldon. As a child, the imp sought danger and had a talent for finding trouble, which demanded constant supervision. Eight years later, Chase discovers the raving beauty of the ton still requires continual rescuing. And even as she swears never to give up her adventurous ways, Chase finds himself vowing to tame the impetuous beauty and make her his own. But first, he must bring to justice the mysterious leader of a group calling themselves the Rebuilders. With danger lurking, jealous rivals, and well-intentioned best friends, only a powerful love and a sense for adventure and passion can bring Millie and Chase together.
CONSEQUENCES
Aimee is desperate and willing to do anything to recapture the stormy and passionate moment she and Reece Hamilton shared. For years, she has loved her brother's best friend, but now that Reece has noticed her, she has a knew hurdle to overcome—her dreaded status as a lady. Aimee refuses to accept Reece's decree for her to find a nobleman fitting her rank and is willing to do anything—including accepting the consequences of tricking her best friends, stowing away on Reece's ship, and facing his rage—to make him her very own.
Upon Aimee's disappearance, Millie fears her love for adventure has just cost the life of her best friend and the affection of her beloved husband, the Marquess of Chaselton. Determined to right her wrong, she embarks on a dangerous plan to find her sister-in-law by venturing into a world unknown to high bred ladies—the world of dock laborers, sail makers, watermen, and that peculiar class of London poor who pick up a precarious living by the water side. Believing his cherished wife is safe away from harm, Chase searches for his sister whose disappearance is mysteriously linked to a treacherous thief who is becoming more aggressive with every burglary. As they both seek answers, Chase and Millie discover how their new passionate love can grow even more powerful when they learn to trust and work together.
As the youngest son of a lord, Reece Hamilton had long ago accepted his station and believed his love for the sea would provide everything he desired out of life. That was until one Christmas he came home and met his best friend's baby sister—all grown up. Now, a sensuous blonde green-eyed beauty, she inflamed his baser desires with just a mere look. Returning to his ship and risky life, he vows to maintain his distance from the bewitching but forbidden maiden and focuses his energies on identifying the shadowy thief who has been pilfering unusual and random objects from his ships. When he discovers Aimee on board, mayhem ensues as he is now compelled to marry the arresting beauty who suddenly refuses to accept his proposal! Whisked into a thickening plot of mystery, Reece and Aimee learn that their love is like the sea—stormy, untamed, and destined to be theirs.
CHOICES
One might think Jennelle would be jealous of her two best friends' new found fortune in love. One would be wrong. Lady Jennelle Gent was the most composed and unflappable of the three friends—odd for a redhead. She was also the most dogged about her pursuits in research and study of England at the turn of the millennium—a knowledge that pulled her into the mysteries afflicting her best friends. Excited to have reason to seek out an old adventurer who knew more about medieval England than anyone, Jennelle was surprised to find his son in his stead. More surprising was how the odd-looking aristocrat made her feel when he took her in his arms and taught her that there was more to life than just books.
Lord Rafe Gatwick did not suffer fools gladly. And the redheaded beauty that mysteriously entered his life may be the most alluring and hauntingly attractive woman of his recollection, but she was also a fool if she believed he would go on a quest to seek a legendary artifact from England 's past. Burying his need to keep his life simple and uninhabited with a nagging wife or unwanted friends, Rafe suddenly finds himself with the possibility of both as he becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot of revenge. As he follows clues to find the elusive prize above all prizes, fighting treacherous foes at every step, he has to choose between a trouble-free existence or a life full of unexpected twists, turns and most of all—love.
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