Her One True Love is my fourth Victorian
romance with eKensington/Lyrical Press. I adore the Victorian era because so
much more than the potential for romance inspires me from that time.
All my Victorian romances are set in and
around the famous city of Bath, England––which is just a short thirty minute
drive from where I live. During the late 19th century, there were
many social, economical, industrial and even sexual changes happening. The
first whispers of the women’s revolution had begun to circulate…not that many
men noticed until around 1903 when The Women’s Social and Political Union was
founded.
The leaders and supporters of the group
began to cause a stir––marching and petitioning for their right to vote. This
is marked as a hugely significant and respected time for women. Men had no
choice but to sit up and take notice.
But the actual change in women and how they
were viewed started years before the press and public were forced to listen to
what they had to say.
The battle for young women to have a happy
home, work and social life was a hard one and it is the dilemmas they faced
that I love to explore. Each of us is faced with temptations (or decisions)
every day and I, for one, am guilty of too often making the easy, expected,
even socially acceptable, choices.
My books tend to be about the women who do
the exact opposite. What better way to earn a living than to create a woman you
would like to be? Someone whom you admire and want to see succeed in her chosen
vocation, romance or spiritually satisfying path?
Her One True Love centres around Jane,
whose story began in my third Victorian romance, What A Woman Desires. Even
though both books can be read stand-alone, whenever Jane appeared on the page,
I knew she deserved her own story.
Jane has been a dutiful daughter to her
overbearing parents for many years, but when the story opens they have both
passed and the family’s estate is being ran by Jane’s sister and her husband.
The time for Jane to finally break free is
now. With a raw, unrequited heartbreak fuelling her need to leave her small
village of Biddestone, Jane heads to Bath to seek her true destiny…
I love writing flawed, complex but
ultimately, deeply emotional women striving for more. I hope you like to read
about them too!
Her One True Love blurb & buy links:
She Can't Forget Him…
Jane Charlotte Danes has loved the squire of her idyllic country town for as long as she can remember. He is good, kind, and alluring beyond words… and he chose to marry another. Tired of dwelling on her futile longings, Jane plans a move to Bath, where she dreams of a new beginning. But the man who has so imprisoned her heart is only a few steps behind…
He Can't Let Her Go…
Until now, Matthew Cleaves has endeavored to meet the responsibilities of his position with dignity and good spirits--including his dutiful marriage. But when his wife leaves him for another man, Matthew is at last free to pursue his one true love. Only one vital question remains: will the captivating, stubborn, beautiful Jane allow him the challenge, and the pleasure, of winning her back?..
Jane Charlotte Danes has loved the squire of her idyllic country town for as long as she can remember. He is good, kind, and alluring beyond words… and he chose to marry another. Tired of dwelling on her futile longings, Jane plans a move to Bath, where she dreams of a new beginning. But the man who has so imprisoned her heart is only a few steps behind…
He Can't Let Her Go…
Until now, Matthew Cleaves has endeavored to meet the responsibilities of his position with dignity and good spirits--including his dutiful marriage. But when his wife leaves him for another man, Matthew is at last free to pursue his one true love. Only one vital question remains: will the captivating, stubborn, beautiful Jane allow him the challenge, and the pleasure, of winning her back?..
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