<div><B>The first book in Philippa Carr&rsquo;s celebrated Daughters of England series is at once a love story, a mystery, and an epic historical saga set during the tumultuous reign of Henry VIII </B><BR /> Damask Farland, named after a rose, is captivated by the mysterious orphan Bruno. Discovered upon the abbey altar on Christmas morning, then raised by monks, Bruno becomes the great man whom Damask grows to love&mdash;only to be shattered by his cruel betrayal.   This dramatic coming-of-age novel is set in sixteenth-century England, during the chaotic years when Henry VIII stunned the royal court by setting his sights on Anne Boleyn. It&rsquo;s also the tale of a man whom many believed to be a holy prophet . . . until a shocking truth is unearthed in the shadows of a centuries-old abbey.</div>

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The Miracle at St. Bruno's

<div><b>Played out against the seething rivalry between Inquisition-torn Spain and Elizabethan England, <i>The Lion Triumphant</i> traces the linked fates of strong-willed Catherine Farland and Captain Jake Pennlyon </b><BR>Called &ldquo;The Lion,&rdquo; Captain Jake Pennlyon is a fearsome and virile plunderer who takes what he wants, and his sights are set on Catherine Farland. Blackmailed into wedlock and haunted by memories of the gentle boy she was forbidden to wed, Cat vows to escape. Fate intervenes when she&rsquo;s taken prisoner aboard a Spanish galleon . . . unaware that she&rsquo;s a pawn in one man&rsquo;s long-awaited revenge. Beginning as Elizabeth takes the throne of England, and spanning the years until the legendary defeat of the Spanish Armada, <i>The Lion Triumphant </i>follows Cat&rsquo;s journey from the thrill of a first passion to the ferocity of a mother&rsquo;s love. Despite the twists of history, her fortunes&mdash;and her heart&mdash;will remain tied to one seductive buccaneer. </div>

The Lion Triumphant

<div><B>In Tudor England, a dark mystery threatens a marriage. &ldquo;Carr is a master at creating and sustaining suspense . . . a story that will draw you in&rdquo; (<I>Regan Romance Review</I>).</B><BR />  Linnet Pennlyon, proud daughter of a sea captain, finds herself in a vicious trap: Pregnancy has forced her to marry the cunning Squire Colum Casvellyn. Once their baby is born, she devotes herself to their son. Yet, little by little, against her will, Linnet finds herself drawn to her passionate, mercurial husband. Dark secrets lurk in their castle: The squire&rsquo;s first wife died amid rumors of foul play. When a beautiful stranger washes up on the shore, Linnet suddenly finds she&rsquo;s no longer in control of her family&mdash;or her life. It falls to Linnet&rsquo;s daughter, Tamsyn, to uncover the truth about a long-ago night . . . and put to rest the rumors about her beloved mother. Her discovery sets in motion an unstoppable chain of events that will reverberate for decades to come.  </div>

The Witch from the Sea

<div><b>The twin daughters of Tamsyn Pennlyon take very different paths&mdash;only to reunite in a firestorm of explosive secrets and illicit passions that threaten to divide them forever </b><BR>Twins Angelet and Bersaba Landor may look alike, but their personalities couldn&rsquo;t be more different. Angelet is sweet, gentle, and submissive, while Bersaba is secretive, sensual, and headstrong. When the sisters are separated by forces beyond their control, Bersaba finds her life taking a dark turn. After years apart, the twins are reunited within the echoing halls of Far Flamstead.As Angelet finds herself at the mercy of the manor&rsquo;s secret past, Bersaba gives in to a perilous temptation. Bersaba will risk everything&mdash;even her life&mdash;for the love of one man. Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of bloody revolt and new beginnings, Bersaba and Angelet discover that the ties that bind them can also tear them apart.  </div>

Saraband for Two Sisters

<div><b>As England is rocked by civil war, a daring young woman attempts to discover her true legacy&mdash;and  encounters betrayal and breathtaking love </b><BR>Under the sway of the puritanical Oliver Cromwell, England simmers with religious persecution and political unrest. Like their exiled king, Arabella Tolworthy and her parents have retreated to France but yearn for their native country. When Arabella is separated from her family, she makes her way alone in an increasingly dangerous world and meets two people who will change her life: an actress named Harriet Main and the dashing nobleman Edwin Eversleigh.    As the British king is restored to his rightful throne, Arabella&rsquo;s odyssey mirrors the strife and turbulence of her beloved homeland. As she tries to make peace with her past, she&rsquo;s confronted with an unexpected threat to her future&mdash;and a second chance at lasting love.  </div>

Lament for a Lost Lover

<div><B>In Restoration England, a family secret unleashes intrigue, incest, and treachery in this saga by a <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author.</B><BR />  While England continues to be torn apart by political and religious turmoil, fourteen-year-old Priscilla Eversleigh gives herself to fugitive Jocelyn Frinton in a moment of youthful passion. Desperate to conceal her shameful secret from her family, Priscilla journeys to Venice, Italy, where her illegitimate daughter, Carlotta, is passed off to another woman&mdash;and a conspiracy is born. Priscilla&rsquo;s past will haunt her in the decades to come. As fortune-hunters circle, Carlotta becomes a pawn in a twisted game of greed and revenge. Now Priscilla must make the ultimate sacrifice&mdash;even if it costs her the man she loves&mdash;which will shape not only Carlotta&rsquo;s future, but also the lives of the generations of Eversleigh women to come.</div>

The Love Child

<div><B>During the Stuart period, two half-sisters are torn apart by passion in the multigenerational saga by the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author. </B><BR />   Carlotta, the love child of Priscilla Eversleigh and Jocelyn Frinton, grows up in the shadow of war during the reign of Queen Anne. Carlotta&rsquo;s personal struggle begins when she&rsquo;s abducted by the charismatic Jacobite leader Lord Hessenfield. During her time as his hostage, they fall into a passionate affair. When she&rsquo;s released, the pregnant Carlotta marries to save her daughter Clarissa&rsquo;s legitimacy, but plunges into reckless affairs with other men&mdash;including the man beloved by her half-sister, Damaris. As England and France vie for dominance, the destinies of Carlotta and Damaris play out on the world stage. Carlotta overlooks the shy Damaris, who forms a tender bond with Clarissa. Damaris&rsquo;s quiet strength will be put to the test when she must risk her own life to save Clarissa.</div>

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The Song of the Siren

<div><B>The Jacobite Rebellion sets the stage for a deadly love triangle&mdash;&ldquo;This sweeping story . . . provides some twists along the way&rdquo; (A Love So True).</B><BR />   Clarissa Field never knew her mother, but hears whispers that she was a notorious <I>femme fatale</I>. Unknowingly, the girl follows her mother&rsquo;s passionate path and loses her heart to Jacobite rebel Dickon Frenshaw. But 1715 England is a dangerous place to be a young woman in love. Dickon is caught and exiled to Virginia, and Clarissa is married off to rakish soldier Lance Clavering. Caught between two men, Clarissa must navigate a hotbed of scandal, treachery, and betrayal. As civil strife threatens to ignite revolution, Clarissa is accused of being a spy. She faces a terrible choice, and must transform her life to prepare her daughter, Zipporah, for her legacy.  </div>

The Drop of the Dice

<div><B>Georgian England teems with unexpected passion and unforgivable sins in this &ldquo;juicy&rdquo; historical romance from the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR /><B> </B><B><I></I></B><I>Is it possible for people to be possessed?</I><I> </I>That&rsquo;s the question happily married Zipporah Ransome asks herself when she journeys from Clavering Court to her family&rsquo;s ancestral home in Eversleigh. At nearby Enderby House, a mysterious place connected to her notorious grandmother Carlotta, Zipporah discovers the power of her untapped desires&mdash;and the price of their fulfillment. Enigmatic Frenchman Gerard d&rsquo;Aubign&eacute; changes Zipporah&rsquo;s life forever. Unable to resist his sensual charms, Zipporah embarks on an illicit affair that leaves her with a haunting secret. Soon her life begins to mirror Carlotta&rsquo;s, as scandal, violence, and deception threaten to destroy her home. No one, especially not Zipporah and her daughter, will be left unscathed.  </div>

The Adulteress

<div><B>With France on the brink of revolution, one woman finds her destiny as a true daughter of England in the bestselling author&rsquo;s multigenerational saga.</B><BR />  Discovering that the man who raised her was not her birth father comes as a great shock to teenage Lottie. She always thought she&rsquo;d marry her childhood love, Dickon, and stay at the family estate, Eversleigh. But fate takes Lottie across the sea to France and the mysterious palace of Versailles.  As the daughter of Comte Gerard d&rsquo;Aubign&eacute;, Lottie encounters a world far different from her cloistered existence at Eversleigh. Here, she meets her half-sister and marries gallant patriot Charles de Tourville. As Louis XVI takes the throne with his queen, Marie Antoinette, Lottie is called back to England, where she finds that Dickon may not be the man she thought he was. Meanwhile, France descends into revolution and Lottie&rsquo;s family becomes increasingly endangered.</div>

Zipporah's Daughter

<div><B>A young woman is torn between two men during the dawn of the French Revolution in this multigenerational saga by the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author.</B><BR />   In the wake of the storming of the Bastille, Claudine de Tourville and her family flee France for the peaceful shores of England. When they arrive at her mother&rsquo;s ancestral estate, Claudine feels as if she has come home. At Eversleigh Court, the seventeen-year-old finds herself caught between her wildly different stepbrothers. David is quiet, studious, and devoted, but it is the passionate, reckless Jonathan who enflames her heart. With France reeling from the execution of its king and queen, Claudine plunges into her own escalating web of deception and betrayal. A decision made in haste will come back to haunt her as a long-lost love returns to England and sends her life spinning out of control. Philippa Carr is at her provocative, liberating best as she describes a world torn between oppression and freedom.</div>

Voices in a Haunted Room

<div><B>In Regency England, </B><B>a woman risks scandal, disgrace, even her own life for a forbidden passion in this &ldquo;sure-to-please saga&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR />  From the moment the handsome, raffish stranger with the gold earring throws her a kiss, Jessica Frenshaw is enchanted. Rumored to be a half-Spanish wanderer who can predict the future, Romany Jake is unjustly put on trial for murder. After the verdict banishes him from England, Jessica despairs of ever seeing him again. But one fateful day, Jake Cadorson returns to reclaim what he has lost&mdash;including the woman who saved him from the gallows. From the ballrooms and lavish estates of Regency England through the bitter bloodshed of the Napoleonic Wars, <I>Return of the Gypsy</I> weaves a spellbinding tale of blackmail, murder, and illicit passion as a woman risks everything for the man she loves&mdash;a man who isn&rsquo;t what he seems.  </div>

The Return of the Gypsy

<div><b>From the sea-swept shores of Cornwall to the rugged outback of Australia, Romany Jake&rsquo;s daughter searches for the great love she left behind </b><BR>On a fateful midsummer&rsquo;s eve, Annora Cadorson witnesses a horrifying event that shatters her innocence. Expected to marry Rolf Hanson, the hero of her girlhood dreams, Annora instead flees to London, far from her family, her home in Cornwall, and her unsettling memories. In a city teeming with intrigue as Queen Victoria ascends the throne, Annora meets a man who will play a crucial role in her life. But fate intervenes once more. Amid a heated battle in Parliament, scandal erupts. Annora flees again, this time to the primitive outback of Australia, where she confronts a secret from her father&rsquo;s violent past. Unexpected tragedy will send Annora back to where it all began, as she comes face to face with the man she never stopped loving . . . a man who may be lost to her forever.</div>

Midsummer's Eve

<div><B>A crime binds a man and woman together in this &ldquo;entertaining&rdquo; novel ranging from Victorian England to Australia by a <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).</B><BR />  Young Angelet is fascinated by the haunting rumors surrounding the Pool of St. Branok&mdash;superstitious tales of its cursed, bottomless waters. The innocent Cornish girl shares the ghostly story with Benedict Lansdon, the handsome, illegitimate grandson of a family friend, and promises to show him the spot. But tragedy strikes when they meet at the pool, and  Angelet and Ben become  complicit in a crime that could send Ben to the gallows. Ben returns to Australia, but the pair feels bound by their terrible secret. After a whirlwind season in London, Angelet marries Gervaise Mandeville, a charming rogue with a weakness for gambling. As the casualties from the Crimean War mount, Gervaise decides to try his luck in the Australian gold rush. Angelet travels across the world with him, only to once again be ensnared in a fatal act of violence. Alone in the outback, Angelet faces her own day of reckoning from a long-ago crime&mdash;and gets a second chance at love.</div>

The Pool of St. Branok

<div><b>Three young women bound by ties deeper than blood are swept up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in this haunting gothic tale </b><BR>Rebecca Mandeville arrives at Manorleigh with her mother amid rumors that Rebecca&rsquo;s politically ambitious stepfather may have murdered his first wife. Homesick for her native Cornwall, Rebecca feels she&rsquo;ll never belong at Benedict Lansdon&rsquo;s ancestral estate&mdash;a place haunted by the phantoms of past crimes. When tragedy strikes, Rebecca struggles to move on, and becomes inextricably linked to two young girls: her half-sister Belinda and an orphan named Lucie. Teeming with scandal and murder, <i>The Changeling </i>is at once an atmospheric ghost tale and a gripping story of familial betrayal as powerful as the woman at its haunting center.</div>

The Changeling

<div><b>The riveting Cornwall saga continues with the story of Lucie Lansdon, the sole witness to a horrifying crime much too close to home . . . </b><BR>After her father is murdered, Lucie Lansdon&rsquo;s eyewitness testimony sends a fanatical Irish terrorist to the gallows. Fate claims another victim when Lucie receives news that her fianc&eacute; has died in Africa. Reeling from the deaths of the two men she loved most, and convinced that her life is cursed, Lucie finally finds happiness when she marries the gentle Roland Fitzgerald. But her domestic life with Roland and his sister is not all it should be. Someone is watching&mdash;and waiting to carry out a cunningly orchestrated plan of retribution. As Lucie&rsquo;s life is threatened and she begins to doubt her sanity, she&rsquo;s visited by someone she believed lost to her forever. On the verge of uncovering the truth about a long-ago night, she places her trust in the wrong person.</div>

The Black Swan

<div><b>While the world teeters on the brink of World War I, a young woman&rsquo;s indiscretion leads to a seething viper&rsquo;s nest of blackmail and murder </b><BR>In 1912, with war looming on the horizon, thirteen-year-old Lucinda Greenham is sent to an exclusive boarding school in Belgium. Her joy in sharing this adventure with her best friend, Annabelinda, is cut short when Annabelinda has a clandestine affair leading to pregnancy. Annabelinda&rsquo;s family arranges a &ldquo;rest cure&rdquo; and when the girl returns to school, she seems to have forgotten the incident. Then, in the wake of Germany&rsquo;s invasion of Belgium, Lucinda and Annabelinda are forced to flee across Europe and find a welcome savior in the dashing Major Marcus Merrivale. Safely back in England, Lucinda vows to keep her friend&rsquo;s secret. But someone in the household has uncovered the truth about Annabelinda and the lively baby called Edward. Now Lucinda, who has lost her heart to a decorated soldier, is faced with keeping another secret. As a blackmail plot erupts in murder, and war eradicates a way of life forever, Lucinda discovers that there is a time for love . . . and a time for silence.</div>

A Time for Silence

<div><b>With World War II on the horizon, a British woman risks her life to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her twin sister</b><BR>Violetta Denver and her twin sister Dorabella are inseparable&mdash;until Dorabella falls in love with Dermot Tregarland. The newlyweds settle in Dermot&rsquo;s isolated ancestral home along the Cornish coast, and Dorabella soon has a little boy. But Violetta can&rsquo;t shake the terrible foreboding she&rsquo;s felt since her sister&rsquo;s marriage. When she hears that Dorabella went swimming one morning and was swept out to sea, she refuses to believe that her beloved twin is really gone, so a grief-stricken Violetta travels to the Tregarland estate. There, against the terrible grandeur of sea-swept cliffs, Violetta learns that Dermot&rsquo;s first wife also drowned under suspicious circumstances. When death claims another victim, Violetta knows the answer lies in the history of the Tregarlands&mdash;and a haunting legacy of madness and bad blood. With the help of Jowan Jermyn, Dermot&rsquo;s neighbor, Violetta moves closer to the truth . . . and closer to a murderer whose long-awaited revenge is about to come full circle.</div>

The Gossamer Cord

<div><B>As WWII rages through Europe, two sisters struggle for happiness and love in this epic from the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author.</B><BR />  The German army is advancing through Europe and the Battle of Britain is grimly underway. With her fianc&eacute;, Jowan, missing in action, Violetta Denver despairs of ever seeing him again. While Violetta waits for news, her sister Dorabella finds herself torn between two men: her French ex-lover Jacques and the heroic, mysterious Captain Brent. But James Brent may not be what he seems&mdash;and soon both Dorabella and Violetta are caught up in a dangerous game of espionage and treason as they travel to wartime London. With their fates hanging in the balance, the twin sisters are bound by a shocking secret. Dorabella risks her life to follow her heart . . . and Violetta refuses to give up hope that one day she will be reunited with her lost love.</div>

We'll Meet Again

<div><B><I>New York Times</I></B><B>&ndash;bestselling author: Amid the tumult of seventeenth-century England, ambition, family, and love collide.</B><BR />  <I>I was beginning to realize that there was something unusual about our marriage . . .</I><I> </I>When fifteen-year-old Sarah Standish runs off to London to be an actress, she discovers a city beyond her wildest dreams. But the most exciting fantasy of all is the real-life stranger who sweeps her off her feet. Sarah marries Jack Adair, the thrillingly handsome Lord Rosslyn. She&rsquo;s deliriously happy, until she learns her husband&rsquo;s secret. Years later, the Adairs&rsquo; daughter Kate comes of age. Her father is desperate to retain control of Rosslyn Manor. To do this he needs a strategic alliance and the proper heir, but Kate has promised her heart to someone else. As England battles for its throne, Kate fights for the right to lead her own life, and discovers that love can triumph over the ambitions and follies of men and kings.  </div>

Daughters of England

<div><B>The first three books in the romantic multigenerational saga by a <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author whose novels have sold over 100 million copies. </B><BR /><I>The Miracle at St. Bruno&rsquo;s</I>During the tumultuous reign of King Henry VIII, Damask Farland, named after a rose, is captivated by the mysterious orphan Bruno. Discovered upon the abbey altar on Christmas morning, then raised by monks, Bruno becomes the great man whom Damask grows to love&mdash;only to be shattered by his cruel betrayal.    <I>The Lion Triumphant</I>While the rivalry between Inquisition-torn Spain and Elizabethan England seethes, Captain Jake Pennlyon thrives as a fearsome and virile plunderer who takes what he wants&mdash;and his sights are set on Catherine Farland. Blackmailed into wedlock, Cat vows to escape. Fate intervenes when she&rsquo;s taken prisoner aboard a Spanish galleon . . . unaware that she&rsquo;s a pawn in one man&rsquo;s long-awaited revenge.  <I>The Witch from the Sea</I>Linnet Pennlyon, proud daughter of a sea captain, finds herself in a vicious trap: Pregnancy has forced her to marry the cunning Squire Colum Casvellyn. Once their baby is born, she devotes herself to their son. Yet, little by little, against her will, Linnet finds herself drawn to her passionate, mercurial husband. Dark secrets lurk in their castle, and when a beautiful stranger washes up on the shore, Linnet suddenly finds she&rsquo;s no longer in control of her family&mdash;or her life.<BR /><BR /> A legendary literary talent who also wrote as Victoria Holt and Jean Plaidy, among other names, Philippa Carr was a master of romance, mystery, and historical sweep&mdash;and the Daughters of England series is among her greatest accomplishments.<BR /><BR />  </div>

The Daughters of England Books 1–3

<div><B>Continuing the romantic multigenerational saga by a <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author whose novels have sold over 100 million copies.</B><BR />  <BR /><I>The Song of the Siren</I>: Carlotta, the love child of Priscilla Eversleigh and Jocelyn Frinton, grows up in the shadow of war during the reign of Queen Anne. When she&rsquo;s abducted by the charismatic Jacobite leader Lord Hessenfield, they fall into a passionate affair. After she&rsquo;s released, the pregnant Carlotta marries to save her daughter Clarissa&rsquo;s legitimacy, but plunges into reckless affairs with other men&mdash;including the man beloved by her half sister, Damaris. Even as the half sisters are torn apart by their passion for the same man, they are bound by their love for Clarissa.<BR />  <BR /><I>The Drop of the Dice</I>: Not unlike her mother, Clarissa Field loses her heart to Jacobite rebel, Dickon Frenshaw. But 1715 England is a dangerous place to be a young woman in love. Dickon is caught and exiled to Virginia, and Clarissa is married off to rakish soldier Lance Clavering. Caught between two men, she must navigate scandal, treachery, and betrayal. As civil strife threatens to ignite revolution, Clarissa is accused of being a spy. She faces a terrible choice, and must transform her life to prepare her daughter, Zipporah, for her legacy.<BR />  <BR /><I>The Adulteress</I>: Happily married, Zipporah Ransome journeys from Clavering Court to her family&rsquo;s ancestral home in Eversleigh. But at nearby Enderby House, a mysterious place connected to her notorious grandmother Carlotta, Zipporah discovers untapped desires&mdash;and the price of their fulfillment. Unable to resist the sensual charms of enigmatic Frenchman Gerard d&rsquo;Aubign&eacute;, Zipporah is swept up in an affair that leaves her with a haunting secret. Soon her life begins to mirror Carlotta&rsquo;s, as scandal, violence, and deception threaten to destroy her home. No one, especially not Zipporah and her daughter, will be left unscathed.</div>

The Daughters of England Books 7–9

<div><B>Continuing the romantic multigenerational saga by a <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author whose novels have sold over 100 million copies.</B><BR />  <BR /><I>Saraband for Two Sisters</I>: Set in seventeenth-century England, Carr&rsquo;s novel follows the twin daughters of Tamsyn Pennlyon&mdash;Angelet and Bersaba Landor&mdash;who couldn&rsquo;t be more different. Angelet is sweet, gentle, and submissive. Bersaba is secretive, sensual, and headstrong. When the sisters are separated by forces beyond their control, Bersaba&rsquo;s life takes a dark turn. After years apart, the twins are reunited within the echoing halls of Far Flamstead. As Angelet finds herself at the mercy of the manor&rsquo;s secret past, Bersaba gives in to a perilous temptation. She will risk everything&mdash;even her life&mdash;for the love of one man.<BR />  <BR /><I>Lament for a Lost Lover</I>: Under the sway of the puritanical Oliver Cromwell, England simmers with religious persecution and political unrest. Like their exiled king, Arabella Tolworthy and her parents have retreated to France but yearn for their native country. When Arabella is separated from her family, she makes her way alone in an increasingly dangerous world and meets two people who will change her life: an actress named Harriet Main and the dashing nobleman Edwin Eversleigh.<BR />  <BR /><I>The Love Child</I>: As Restoration England continues to be torn apart by political and religious turmoil, fourteen-year-old Priscilla Eversleigh gives herself to fugitive Jocelyn Frinton in a moment of youthful passion. Desperate to conceal her shameful secret, Priscilla journeys to Venice, where her illegitimate daughter, Carlotta, is passed off to another woman&mdash;and a conspiracy is born. But Priscilla&rsquo;s past will haunt her in the decades to come. As fortune-hunters circle, Carlotta becomes a pawn in a twisted game of greed and revenge. Now Priscilla must make the ultimate sacrifice&mdash;even if it costs her the man she loves&mdash;which will shape not only Carlotta&rsquo;s future, but also the lives of the generations of Eversleigh women to come.</div>

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