Bøger af Laurie Sanford

Only one thing can stand in the way of her happiness-the murder of the man she loves.Having thwarted an insidious plot to start a war, Madeleine hopes to begin a life with Gabriel Clement. His ambitious uncle has other plans. When he introduces Gabriel to a wealthy heiress, Madeleine must set aside her feelings to protect the Clement house. Haunted by an increasingly complicated past, she is torn between familial loyalty and a heart that won't let go. A trail of clues left by Gabriel's ancestor brings them together on a quest for a long-lost treasure neither is sure really exists, but can she unravel the mystery before those who seek to harm him succeed?

He needs absolution. She needs escape. They never expect to find each other. Pirate captain Christophe Roux has a duty to perform: take the Moon King's treasure back to France at the behest of the woman he loves. After he fulfills his promise, he plans to return to his life of thievery and never fall in love again. With enemies aboard his ship and a splintered crew plotting to overthrow him, the last thing he needs is a woman stowing away. Jane Whitecliffe desires only to serve God. Driven to the sea by the threat of an unwanted marriage, she vows to become a nun in Barbados. But when her ship is attacked by a band of pirates, she's thrown into a world of danger she never imagined. Relying on the protection of the rough yet generous captain, Jane soon finds her defenses crumbling. Can two people as different as night from day overcome the obstacles between them, or will their enemies rip their unlikely bond apart?

She can cross an ocean to forget, but her past will always find her.Married at last to Gabriel Clement, Madeleine never dreams that anything will separate them. But on a trip to Rome for Carnevale, a mysterious man re-enters her life and unearths secrets that threaten her newfound happiness. Running from her pain, she boards a ship bound for the last place she ever expects-an island that once imprisoned her. Madeleine soon finds herself alone amid a group of sailors on the hunt for lost treasure. In a struggle to survive and remain hidden, she vows to find the treasure before her enemies. But what can heal her shattered heart and lead her back to grace?

Each memory brings her closer to the truth, and closer to peril.When Madeleine Bertrand wakes on a mysterious island with no memory, she must rely on her instincts to survive. As she navigates the unknown, her past unfolds-a family torn apart by war, a handsome baron with secrets of his own, a blooming love story, and hidden treasure. Soon, she's on a mission to save the man she loves and the church of her childhood from wicked schemers, but her broken memory threatens to derail her. Thrust into a plot to destroy an empire, Madeleine must decipher truth from fiction before time runs out.

The truth will light the road to freedom, if she's willing to fight for it. What began as a rivalry has budded into romance. But as Eliza Drake plans her wedding to a wealthy abolitionist, she has no idea that a dark secret from her past could throw her plans into disarray. The husband she believes died years before still sits on a Boston street corner, waiting for their reunion. Will she discover the truth in time to change her fate? Or will the wicked Marshal Jackson Reed thwart whatever hope still lives on? When Eliza swipes a runaway slave from beneath him, his need for vengeance begins a perilous game of cat and mouse that can only end in destruction.