When her father dies, Sybill Wythe is left with nothing but an invitation from his friend Lord Foxbridge to journey across England in 1588 to become his ward at Foxbridge Cloister. Her unease at accepting the invitation grows when she meets Trevor Breton, the lord's estate manager, a man too handsome for Sybill's good and who seems to hate her for reasons she cannot guess. Neither Sybill nor Trevor suspect the real reason why Lord Foxbridge has brought Sybill to the isolated estate and how easily love and hate can be confused until it may be too late for innocent hearts.

Rebecca North is getting married today. . .or is she? A childish promise from five years before when she saved the life of an English soldier during the Revolutionary War comes back to haunt her. Who is this Nicholas Wythe, Lord Foxbridge, whom she promised to love and honor? She must discover the truth as they travel across the sea to England and Foxbridge Cloister and a world that is not ready for such a Lady Foxbridge. Maybe she and Nicholas can fall in love. . .for real this time, but not if the duplicity raging around them destroys them both first. Contains sensual love scenes within a marriage. First published by Tudor Books.

The moment he saw her, Ian knew she was a woman of distinction. Her chin held high, her eyes snapping blue sparks of fury, Lady Mariel Wythe stood silently amid the ashes of her ancestral home. Although saddened by the fire's damage to her beloved Cloister, Mariel held fast to her dignity, her strength, her hope. Reverend Ian Beckwith-Carter was quite sure he’d never encountered a more beautiful sight. But the handsome young minister also noted troublesome shadows lingering over the stone walls of Foxbridge Cloister. The suspicious fire was only the beginning of a mysterious chain of events surrounding the country estate. A thread of madness had woven itself into the very fiber of the Wythe clan, and Ian was determined to unravel the unsettling legend. He would free Mariel from the bonds of the past, protect her from the perils of an uncertain future—before the madness erupted once again . . .