1812, England Beautiful, spirited and outspoken, Lesley Dalrymple harbours a deep distrust of men. As a wealthy heiress, she’s grown cynical of their motives and has sworn she will never marry. With his drinking, gambling and womanising, the arrogant Burke Penhallow stands for everything Lesley despises in a man. But as a fellow godparent to her young nephew, he also represents her only chance to rescue the little boy from a life of cruel abuse. Lesley unhappily agrees to marry Burke, resolving that their marriage will be in name only. But despite herself, she quickly finds her defences crumbling as she falls under the spell of emotions she can’t fight. Is she able to trust Burke? Can a rakish bachelor ever truly be tamed? Or is her heart in danger of being broken…? A classic Regency romance, THE RUBY HEART is a classic historical love story with dashes of humour and suspense.
Author
See pseudonyms Louisa Bronte, Rebecca Danton & Janette Radcliffe. Some of the listed titles are more straight romance than romantic suspense. Janet Louise Roberts was born on January 20, 1925, in New Britain Connecticut, the daughter of a missionary in a conservative church. She wrote contemporary, historical, and gothic romances, as well as occult horror romances such as The Devil’s Own, Isle of the Dolphins, Lord Satan, and Her Demon Lover. She used pseudonyms for several of her works. Roberts died on June 11, 1982 in Dayton, Ohio.
