Bøker av Elizabeth Ellen Carter

Can new love break the curse of an old enmity? England 1867A chance meeting on a train by travel writer Jemima Douglas and historian Dr. Monty Rhodes is more than fortuitous - it is fated. Bound for the same small village in Devon, Jemima and Monty discover that an old church and an even more ancient castle are entwined in a mystery that spans centuries: whatever happened to Isabeau de Bois, the Tudor bride who disappeared on the eve of her wedding? Villagers say the mysterious figure which appears in the castle and the village is the Ghost Bride who beseeches lovers to try to uncover her final resting place. As Monty and Jemima are drawn deeper into the tale, hearts and lives are in danger. (Note: This story was first published as part of the USA Today Bestselling Boxed set Upon a Midnight Dreary, October 2021)

To find his future he must own his past...Raised as an Englishman, Armand Danger, Comte de Ytres, is troubled by a dream from his childhood that leaves him speculating on his French past.He is convinced an elaborate clock belonging to his late father, executed in the French Revolution, holds the answers he seeks.Miss Jade Bridges works as a valuer in her family's London antiques shop and auction house. One day she receives mysterious letter from an anonymous client willing to pay any price for a very specific statue clock.While in pursuit of the clock, Jade and Armand meet and there's immediate attraction. But how can it amount to anything when they are rivals for the very same object?As the couple grow closer and attraction deepens, they agree to join forces to find the timepiece together.Then an antiques dealer is killed. It appears someone else is willing to extract a fatal price to possess the clock for themselves.What is it about this curio for the count that someone is willing to commit murder for it?Gems of LondonDeceiving the DukeA Curio for The CountThe Elusive EarlThe Matchmaking Marchioness

Revolution in France, rebels in England, and one woman caught in the crossfire...The powerful sequel to Moonstone ObsessionFor her unwitting participation in a plot to embezzle the Exchequer, Lady Abigail Houghall has spent the last two years exiled to the city of Bath. A card sharp, sometime mistress, and target of scandalous gossip by the London Beau Monde, Lady Abigail plots to escape her gilded cage as well as the prudish society that condemns her. But the times are not easy. France is in chaos, the King has been executed, and whispers of a similar revolution are stirring in England. And because of Abigail's participation in the robbery plot, the Spymaster of England is blackmailing her into passing him information about the members of London's upper crust.When dashing English spy Daniel Ridgeway takes a seat at her card table and threatens to expose her for cheating, Abigail has no choice but to do as he demands: seduce the leader of the revolutionaries and learn what she can about their plot. As she's drawn deeper into Daniel's dangerous world--from the seedy backstreets of London to the claustrophobic catacombs of a war-torn Paris--she realizes an even more dangerous fact: she's falling in love with her seductive partner. And the stakes of this game might just be too high--even for her.

The attraction between Selina Rosewall and Sir James Mitchell, Lord of Penventen, is mutual, but his investigation for the Crown into wreckers off the Cornish coast uncovers political machinations that threaten to draw England into the violent wake of the French Revolution. Can James protect Selina from danger that threatens her very life?

In her first posting as governess, Ella Montgomery discovers beautiful Blackheath Manor hides family secrets and suppressed passions. Mysterious piano music in the darkness of night draws Ella to the talented Thomas Worsley, the brother of her employer, the Earl of Renthorpe. Grievously wounded in the Napoleonic Wars, Thomas is held prisoner at Blackheath by more than his blindness and scars. Driven by bitter jealousy, the Earl has ensured Thomas is only a memory, his name etched on a marble memorial in the Bedfordshire village graveyard. Drawn together by their love of music, Ella and Thomas begin a clandestine affair, but how far will the Earl go to keep his family's secret?Nocturne is a novella from Elizabeth Ellen Carter whose full-length titles include Warrior's Surrender, Moonstone Obsession and Moonstone Conspiracy, the Roman era thriller Dark Heart and the three book Heart of the Corsairs series.. Australian Romance Today's pick of the Most Anticipated Romances of 2016.

In 1890 London, a diamond thief has left Scotland Yard clueless. Aspiring lawyer Caro Addison investigates a suspect of her own - the handsome Tobias Black, a magician known as The Dark Duke. But the art of illusion means not everything is as it seems, in both crime and affairs of the heart. A light-hearted Christmas mystery and romance novella.

Warrior's Surrender is a romance thriller by Elizabeth Ellen Carter set in 1077 Northumbria. Lady Alfreya of Tyrswick offers herself hostage to Norman Baron Sebastian de la Croix to save her brother's life. She finds Sebastian is not the monster she feared but he is a man with a secret that could destroy them both.