Revenge Wears Rubies by Renee Bernard
Book release date: March 2, 2010
Genre: victorian, historical romance
Bernard expertly leavens her latest exquisitely sensual historical, the first in her new Jaded Gentleman series, with a generous dash of dry wit, while delivering a captivating, complex tale of revenge and romance.
--John Charles Galen Hawke and five of his fellow prisoners have escaped from a rotting hellhole in India. What they witnessed and left behind can never be forgotten, nor can their prior lives ever be fully regained. His closest friend, John, died as they fled their captors. John's fun and sweet stories of his fiancee, Haley Moreland helped Galen keep his sanity while in captivity, now his death haunts Galen.
Hearing of Haley's recent engagement, and current successful Season so soon after the death of John leads Galen to believe John's memory is being betrayed, he is determined to teach the heartless Miss Haley Moreland a lesson of love and betrayal she won't ever forget.
After witnessing her father's foolishness in love, Haley is determined to never let such an emotion control her life. She is practical in the sense that only her marrying a wealthy man will save her family from their dire financial straights. She believes she has made the right choice. Until she meets Galen, who shows her what she will be missing if she denies her feelings. He makes her feel passion, to forget her current problems. She believes that with him she can have it all, love and financial security. But what she doesn't know is that he's set on revenge.
Will Galen waiver from his plan, and fall in love with Haley? Or will he ruthlessly ruin Haley for the slight he has condemned her of?
To read an excerpt, click HERE.
Renee Bernard is a freelance writer for Romantic Times Bookclub magazine. A Lady's Pleasure is her first novel. She has also written a story, "Mischief's Holiday," for the anthology The School for Heiresses. Renee lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California.
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