Jude Knight

Broschiertes Buch

The Secret Word

A Regency Historical Romance

Beschreibung

He's offered an opportunity he can't refuse: to love. When Christopher Satterthwaite rescues Clementine Wright from would-be kidnappers, he is offered an opportunity he can't refuse. Clem's father, a wealthy coal magnate, has been looking for a husband for his only child. Someone with aristocratic bloodlines and no family-someone who can give him the blue-blooded heir he craves, without the interference of noble relatives. Chris figures he and Clem can work together to keep Wright from controlling their every move. As their partnership develops, they fall in love. Wright doesn't stand a chance against them. Or does he? And what about the other men who are showing an interest in the child who is soon on the way? Chris's reprobate grandfather is hanging around like a bad smell, and clearly has a scheme in mind. Chris's more respectable relatives have not disowned him after all, and are eager to shower the as-yet unborn child with every advantage-because they regret not helping Chris as a child? Or for purposes of their own? And then there is Ramping Billy O'Hara, the most sinister of them all, and Chris's patron. Some are villains. Some are on the side of the couple and their child. Only time will tell which is which. Tropes you'll love: ✅ Arranged marriage ✅ Evil parent ✅ Villain to hero ✅ Reverse Rumpelstiltskin ✅ Twisted fairy tale

Autor

Have you ever wanted something so much you were afraid to even try? That was Jude ten years ago.For as long as she can remember, she's wanted to be a novelist. She even started dozens of stories, over the years.But life kept getting in the way. A seriously ill child who required years of therapy; a rising mortgage that led to a full-time job; six children, her own chronic illness... the writing took a back seat.As the years passed, the fear grew. If she didn't put her stories out there in the market, she wouldn't risk making a fool of herself. She could keep the dream alive if she never put it to the test.Then her mother died. That great lady had waited her whole life to read a novel of Jude's, and now it would never happen.So Jude faced her fear and changed it--told everyone she knew she was writing a novel. Now she'd make a fool of herself for certain if she didn't finish.Her first book came out to excellent reviews in December 2014, and the rest is history. Many books, lots of positive reviews, and a few awards later, she feels foolish for not starting earlier.Jude write historical fiction with a large helping of romance, a splash of Regency, and a twist of suspense. She then tries to figure out how to slot the story into a genre category. She's mad keen on history, enjoys what happens to people in the crucible of a passionate relationship, and loves to use a good mystery and some real danger as mechanisms to torture her characters.Dip your toe into her world with one of her lunch-time reads collections or a novella, or dive into a novel. And let her know what you think.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781969349072
• ISBN-10: 1969349077
• Artikelnr.: 75403664