NEW PASSIONS FROM AN ANCIENT GHOST
Series I: VOICES OF VICTORIAN WOMEN
Victorian England was strictly gendered as men dominated, their wives “Angels in the home.” As John Ruskin wrote, “The woman’s power is for rule, not for battle – and her intellect is not for invention or creation, but for sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision… she must be enduringly, incorruptibly good; instinctively, infallibly wise... wise, not that she may set herself above her husband but that she may never fail from his side.”
Yet in the 1840s, clever women found ways to rise above the stereotype.
The Lark - Vol. 1
When the witty granddaughter of a philosopher debuts in the London Marriage Mart, will her clever mind be squashed by the ideals of the Bon Ton, the titled aristocracy?
Obscured in the shadow of her noble cousin, Eva is eager to spend the social season in London. Despite her titled aunt daily assuring her she will end a spinster, her uncle’s political aspirations and her cousin’s relentless pursuits for her property through marriage, Eva is in heaven. The Theater Royal is performing Shakespeare all season. However, there is no enjoying it when the duke meant for her cousin shows Eva too much attention.
High Bred Rose - Book 2
What can a maiden aunt do in 1840 England when she comes home to find her niece being courted by a madman?
She is debilitated by the deep love she feels for her previous employer, Lawrence, a nobleman whose loyalty to his late wife insists mourning is a lifelong endeavor. She feels the best thing for her is to retire to her brother’s house in hopes of healing and never seeing Lawrence again. But Myra's own misery is set aside when she must foil the plans of an entitled, wealthy young man who tries to run away with her niece. Can she humble herself enough to ask Lawrence for help? Will he reel her in and throw her back? Again?
The Basra Pearls - Book 3
In Victorian England, Millie’s reputation and life are devastated when a simple carriage ride with the wrong man turns into an assault and ruins her prospects at marriage. Frank, an older childhood friend, steps in and marries her. A brilliant investigator, Frank is hired to help the most arrogant and incompetent barrister in London. Millie steps up as his equal to keep an innocent man from being hung. Will Millie heal enough to value her childhood-friendship-turned-marriage-of-convenience as more than just a way to free herself from scandal?
Tattered Silk - Book 4
Poverty in the Victorian Era is not for the faint of heart. It is even worse for a woman whose pretty face attracts unscrupulous men wherever she goes. When her jealous wealthy lover betrays Anna to the workhouse, she feels her world has ended.
Here, she meets a sweet grandmotherly woman whose kindness saves her. What Anna doesn't know is that this woman is a manipulator of vast intrigue far beyond the workhouse in a future of capture and rescue that Anna cannot escape.