Ergebnis für "Scarred" in Herrschaftshäuser

Can a reclusive and distrustful lord, scarred by betrayal, learn to trust a pampered society beauty who seems to have the whole world at her feet? When Alexander Forthin, Earl of Calvercombe, clashes with Persephone Seaborne it seems not... But a series of mysterious disappearances links their two families, forcing the embittered soldier and the toast of St James into an unlikely alliance.

An enquiry agent hiding from her past. When Miss Honora Wild meets her first client, she fears there has been a dreadful mistake. Having escaped from a domineering father, she shouldn’t have to work for a man suspected of murder, one whose mood matches his frightening facial scar. She shouldn’t have to venture to his clifftop castle to prove the devil is innocent of the crime. But she owes her employer a great debt and has no option but to accept the assignment.

A young girl is confused as to why the Duke has unleashed terror on the inhabitants of her town. Her mother and siblings were safe, but she stumbles onto her father on fire screaming for his life. Nobody knew how the fire had started or who started it. She tries to gather herself and her life to be strong for her family. By chance, she meets the horrible Duke who changed her life. Love visits briefly, but she has other plans for this dastardly Duke.