Days Of Gold
Pulse-pounding and passionate, New York Times bestseller Jude Deveraux's Days Of Gold takes up the sweeping, 18th-century saga that began with Lavender Morning.
Few men are able to resist the allure of dazzling young heiress Edilean Talbot but, despite being spurned by the breathtaking beauty, Laird Angus McTern isn't one of them. When she pleads with him for help to restore her stolen inheritance, he initially refuses, only to be undone by her tragic tears. Swallowing his pride, he sets off to track down the pilfered gold – only to discover that one of the trunks on the wagon he's pursuing contains Edilean herself.
Finding himself on the wrong end of a kidnapping and theft charge, Angus escapes to America with Edilean, where they are unable to outrun their feelings for each other. Yet as love blossoms between the pair, it seems fate – in the shape of Edilean's fortune-hunting fiancé – is conspiring to tear the lovers apart ...
Rainwater
The bestselling Sandra Brown stirs both heart and principles with this romance that brilliantly captures a bygone era.
Best known for thrillers like Smash Cut, Brown travels back to 1930s Texas for Rainwater. There, Ella Barron manages her boarding house, her autistic son Solly and her life with efficiency and grace. She's hesitant about taking in a new lodger, David Rainwater, sensing that his arrival heralds the winds of change.
Beyond the walls of the stable life she's created, the world is in turmoil. Foreclosure and financial ruin are all around. This desperation feeds the racial tensions that simmer below the surface, with Ella's nemesis, Conrad Ellis, and his thugs, spreading fear through the town.
As tensions are wound to breaking point, Mr Rainwater proves a source of resolve and restraint. But on a hellishly hot night, the violence will explode – and Ella will need every ounce of her inner strength to survive the fall-out.