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AN ABANDONED ESTATE, A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, AND A LADY DRAWN IRRESISTIBLY TO INTRIGUE! As spirited as she is penniless, living sparingly on the dilapidated estate called Lanterns, Marietta Warrington is the backbone of a large family whose fortune has been gambled away. Then she becomes drawn to a devilishly attractive stranger with a notorious reputation. How could a man able to gaze into her eyes with such love be a liar . . . even a murderer? The answer lies in a tangled web of mystery show more and danger, in a legacy of stolen treasure and family treachery, and in the truths that inhabit that most wondrous place: the human heart. . . . show lessTags
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Patricia Veryan was born in 1923 and grew up in a suburb of London, England. She completed a one year secretarial course and had numerous jobs including working in the London offices of Columbia Pictures, for the U.S. Army Headquarters, and for the University of California. She moved to the United States after World War II. Her first romance show more novel, The Lord and the Gypsy, was published in 1978. Her other works include the Golden Chronicles series and the Sanguinet Saga. Her last novel, The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy, was released in 2002. She retired from writing due to failing eyesight. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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