Winter Garden
4 primary works
Book 1
Natalie knows from her own family's experience of the devastation that can be caused by an unfaithful spouse, so she is determined not to fall for Jonathan's good looks and charming manner. However, she needs him to introduce her to a notorious spy-thief that he is acquainted with, so she persuades him to allow her to accompany him on a forthcoming trip to France. Jonathan knows she is not telling him everything about her motives, but it suits him to have her around, especially since he has been seriously considering the idea of marrying and settling down...and the two of them had shared a rather devastating romantic interlude in a garden five years ago. It piques him that she tries to hold herself aloof from him, although she responds fervishly to his passionate kisses. The surprising truth is that he wants more than passion from her...he yearns for her heart more than anything else.
Book 2
In 1849, a celebrated French beauty -- and British spy -- risks her life to expose smugglers with the help of a dashing earl. But it's her heart that's in danger when the local gentry spread gossip of their illicit partnership. Because beneath the veil of secrecy lies a very true passion.
Book 3
When former lovers, Ivy Wentworth and Garrett Burke, come separately to Winter Garden to solve the disappearance of Baron Rothebury's brother and search for the stolen Martello Diamonds, said to be in the possession of Benedict when he disappeared, they are shocked to see each other again. Though there are feelings of betrayal and distrust, their passion quickly re-ignites. Garrett never told Ivy he was the Marquess of Rye, or that the diamonds really belong to him as family heirlooms. For her part, Ivy, London's famous seer, has come to the Rothebury estate, now owned by the mysterious Marquess of Rye who invited her. She thinks Garrett is obsessed in finding the diamonds, but she is secretly looking for them because her twin brother is being held for ransom. Together they investigate as danger follows them, and their love for each other burns brighter than ever.
Book 4
"USA Today" bestselling and RITA[registered] Award winning author Adele Ashworth delivers the first of three engrossing new books about dukes.