She's a reclusive countess considering marriage to a former bad boy. He's a senator with a dark past, ready to enjoy his golden years in peace. When blackmail threatens to expose his secrets, can their love withstand the storm?
San Francisco 1870: High society widow Elizabeth Westerhoven is amazed to find herself seriously considering marriage to a life-long acquaintance, Hector de Vile, a former bad boy pirate trader, now a powerful Senator. Reclusive, charitable and wise, she's tempted to re-enter society after years of preferring seclusion.
Ruthlessly ambitious Senator Hector de Vile, his darkest secrets buried in the past, is looking forward to introducing Elizabeth, a woman he's long admired from afar, as his wife in Washington power circles.
But when a social climbing blackmailer threatens to reveal a close family secret and demands marriage as the price of her silence, Hector is faced with an impossible choice. Risk exposure and blow his recently reconciled family apart? Or publicly humiliate Elizabeth by marrying his courtesan blackmailer, sacrificing any hope of later-in-life love?
Can their odd couple romance survive the onslaught of secrets and lies, or will a combination of her trust and his cunning steer them to a safe haven?
Dangerous Desires is the riveting conclusion to the Of Gold & Blood historical mystery series. If you like conflicted heroes, shocking twists, and the atmospheric intrigue of Old California, then you'll love Jenny Wheeler's suspenseful tale of a man haunted by his past.
Buy Dangerous Desires to unravel a scandalous scheme today!
Dangerous Desires can be read as a stand alone novel,,or as part of the series.
Autorentext
Jenny Wheeler is convinced there is no better time than now to be a woman, but if she was faced with making a second choice it would be 1860's California - the setting for her historical mystery series Of Gold & Blood.
Nearly twenty years after the 1849 Gold Rush brought thousands upon thousands of (mainly) men into California on the greatest adventure of their lives, the energy, the thirst for excitement remained, but the rough frontier had become a maritime colony; "urban, cosmopolitan, and resembling nothing else in the Far West," (Kevin Starr, Americans and the California Dream, 1850 - 1915. Oxford University Press.) A place where women had the chance to pursue their dreams with more freedom than (arguably) anywhere else in the civilized world.
Jenny loves the stories that came to be spun from the region that was "the cutting edge of the American dream," (Kevin Starr again) and she's busily creating those stories with as much passion as those '49ers chased after gold nuggets!
Klappentext
He was looking forward to relaxing in his golden years. Until a letter resurfaced an abhorrent act from his youth.
San Francisco, 1870. Hector de Vile feels ready to let go of the reins.
After a ruthless climb to the top, the California senator figures it's time to enjoy life with his reunited family and leave a lasting legacy. But his idyllic dreams shatter when a callous blackmailer threatens to drown his present reputation in a quagmire of past scandal…
Struggling to keep the lid on a wave of lies that have come back to haunt him, the desperate politician's attempts to broker a deal only end in a beating. But with the woman he loves already suspicious of Hector's obvious nervousness and facing the loss of his fortune, admitting the truth might cost him everything he's ever desired…
Can the political genius maneuver his way out of a treacherous conspiracy?
Dangerous Desires is the pulse-pounding tenth book in the gripping Of Gold & Blood historical mystery series. If you like emotional rollercoasters, clean romance, and colorful settings, then you'll love Jenny Wheeler's page-turning battle for redemption.
Buy Dangerous Desires to sink a scandalous scheme today!