Part of Series
Violet Hawthorne is beyond mortified when her brother Ezra turns their parents' beautiful New England inn into a brothel. But that becomes the least of her worries when her own reputation is mysteriously sabotaged. In an effort to salvage her good name, Violet is forced to accept a hasty proposal from a dark-eyed acquaintance with a tarnished past: Vance Everstone. He is infamous for being a rake—and yet, against her will, Violet finds herself falling for this man she knows she cannot trust. As she prepares for a society wedding, Violet gradually learns that her brother isn't done with trouble. He had staked her hand in marriage in a heated poker game with the unsavory Rowen Steele, and lost. Now Rowen is determined to cash in on his IOU. With danger stalking her, a fiancé who hides both his emotion and his past, and an old lover eager to save the day, Violet must decide who to believe—and who to leave behind.
Author
Dawn Crandall’s debut Gilded Age Victorian romance, “The Hesitant Heiress,” was a 2015 ACFW Carol award finalist in the debut category and received the 2015 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, the 2015 Write Touch Reader's Choice Award and the 2015 Romancing the Novel Reader's Choice Award. Her follow-up novel, “The Bound Heart,” received the 2016 Laurel Award from Clash of the Titles. Dawn earned a BA in Christian Education from Taylor University. She’s been balancing books and babies lately as her two sons were both born as the first four books of her 5-book Everstone Chronicles series were being released from Whitaker House from 2014 to 2016. Dawn lives with her husband and two young sons on a hobby farm in her hometown in northeast Indiana. ~ Be sure to like my Facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/DawnCrandallWritesFirst Sign up for my quarterly Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bilhmv Instagram: www.instagram.com/dawncrandallwritesf... Website: www.dawncrandall.blogspot.com Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/dawnwritesfirst Twitter: @dawnwritesfirst / www.twitter.com/dawnwritesfirst
