This extraordinary love story, based on historical characters and written with Boyle's customary brilliance and wit, follows the lives of two scarred creatures living in a magical age. It is the turn of the century. Stanley McCormick, the twenty-nine-year-old heir to the great Reaper fortune, meets and marries Katherine Dexter, a woman of 'power, beauty, wealth and prestige'. Two years later, Stanley falls victim to a tormenting sexual mania and schizophrenia, and is imprisoned in the massive forbidding mansion known as Riven Rock. He spends the next two decades under the control of a succession of psychiatrists, all of whom forbid any contact with women. Yet Katherine Dexter, now famous as a champion for women's suffrage and Planned Parenthood, remains strong in her belief that someday her husband will return to her whole. Based on a true story of love, madness and sexuality this is a tragic book with enormous depth and scope. Set in America at the turn of the century, it is full of fascinating historical detail.
Just as easily as those images bloomed , along with autumn's first killing frost , they'd died . Kent was a year older than her .
Fortune's Secret Husband Karen Rose Smith Ten years ago, Chase Parker swept Lady Lucie Fortune Chesterfield off her feet.
Colton's Secret Bodyguard - Jane Godman Just as Bree Colton is about to take the local art world by storm, someone is determined to sabotage her success...unless Rylan Bennet can keep her safe.
In a well-researched retrospective tale, people cope with the pitfalls of living on the cusp of a new era in American History.
The Rancher's Expectant Christmas -- Karen Templeton Deanna Blake is stunned at the losing her estranged father...and inherits half his ranch.
Kristie Sandford's vacation is interrupted when a man jumps out in front of her car.
Heart of a Helios: "This Christmas, all pop star Meghan Frost wants is Gabriel Stavros.
Emily Stanton is stranded with her handsome boss, Brad Vaughn as they try to discover the true ownership of the Queen of Heart Mine. Perhaps the spring thaw will bring more than sunshine to these two!
The Ceo's Unexpected Proposal - Karen Rose Smith After losing his wife in a tragic accident, successful businessman Dawson Barrett was determined to help his son Luke, who was dealing with his pain by acting.
诺亚·卡霍恩,三十一岁,在二战后回到北卡罗莱纳州,对一个消失了十年之久的女孩魂牵梦绕。艾丽·纳尔逊,二十九岁,社交名媛,正要和一位富有的律师结婚......