Elizabeth had been fading away before Alexandra and her younger sisters' eyes for months. She hadn't cried, not even once, not even when her father had told her that her mother had a terrible and fatal disease. "I am here, Mother," she whispered back.Īnd then, because Elizabeth Bolton was dying and would not last another night, because she had wasted away from the cancer eating at her, because she was so frail and weak now that she could barely see, much less hear, Alexandra hurried forward. The room's single armchair was a dark, intense red.
The bureau was a dark, rich mahogany, as was the bed, and the bedding was wine and gold. Gold-and-burgundy wallpaper adorned the walls, and dark draperies were closed over the bedroom's two windows. "Alex.andra?" her mother whispered from the bed. There was so much light, and Alexandra hesitated, confused. If she isn’t on the back of a reining horse, she can be found madly at work in her office, penning her latest romance novel. She lives on a ranch in Arizona with her dogs, broodmares and the year’s current crop of foals. But when passion finally brings them together, a terrible secret threatens to tear them apart.Brenda Joyce is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 novels and novellas, including the popular and critically acclaimed de Warenne Dynasty Saga, a series of novels set in Regency and Victorian England. But Alexandra Bolton inflames him as no woman has ever done, and she also serves him his first rejection! Now Clarewood-who always gets what he wants-will choose which rules to play by. Yet she cannot accept his shocking proposition! He is the wealthiest, most powerful peer in the realm, and having witnessed the cold horror of marriage as a child, he has vowed never to wed. But when she meets the infamous Duke of Clarewood, old dreams-and old passions-are awakened as never before. Now, with the Bolton name in disgrace due to her father's profligate ways, marrying an elderly squire might be the only way to save her family from absolute ruin.
With her mother's passing, Alexandra Bolton gave up on love to take care of her family.
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