But when her guardian passes away, her beloved home falls into the hands of a distant cousin. She manages her elderly guardian's remote Cornwall estate, wears breeches instead of frocks, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. During an extended stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man. When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. Lady Arabella Blydon has both beauty and a brain, and she's tired of men. But Emma's cousins are just as determined to see her settle in England. She's determined to then return to Boston to run her father's shipping company.

American heiress Emma Dunster has agreed to participate in just one London season.

That is until a redheaded American throws herself in front of a carriage to save his young nephew's life. And two, he is determined to avoid marriage. If you enjoyed THE THORN BIRDS or the novels of Sara Donati, dive into Elizabeth Bell's epic historical fiction today.There are two things everyone knows about Alexander Ridgely. Passion, prejudice, secrets, and a mother's desperate choice in the chaos of revolution echo through five generations. Or will it? NECESSARY SINS is the first book in the sweeping Lazare Family Saga that transports readers from the West Indies to the Wild West, from Charleston, Paris, and Rome into the depths of the human heart. Acting on their love for each other will ruin Joseph and Tessa in this world and damn them in the next. Joseph must conceal his true feelings as Tessa marries another man-a plantation owner who treats her like property. Then young Father Joseph meets Tessa Conley, a devout Irish immigrant who shares his passions for music and botany. While his sisters make very different choices, Joseph struggles to transcend the flesh by becoming a celibate priest. Joseph Lazare and his two sisters grow up believing their black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother-until the summer they learn she was an African slave. In antebellum Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with doubt, his family's secret African ancestry, and his love for a slave owner's wife.

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