Diana’s fiercest enemy.
And Laura, unloved, unwanted,
walked away forever,
escaping the pain
of a love she could never know….
If all else perished…
She intends never to return.
She has built a new life, a new identity.
She is rich, famous, protected.
But when tragedy tears her world apart,
Laura returns to bury the past.
And now Richard’s eyes are open,
now he sees her,
now he is no longer out of reach….
But the past is not gone,
and Diana still holds fast ….
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LINDSEY FORREST
All That Burns the Dark
Ashmore’s Folly Trilogy: Book Three
“What is left, when the darkness burns away?”
In one minute, Laura’s life changes forever,
as a vengeful man exposes Cat Courtney to the world.
Caught in the maelstrom of scandal, she struggles to survive,
threatened by the loss of fortune, reputation, career –
and, most terrible of all,
the loss of her beloved daughter.
Richard Ashmore finds himself collateral damage,
his privacy under siege, his reputation destroyed,
his hard-won peace only a memory.
In a graveyard, Laura gambles her future,
only to see happiness slip away
when a forgotten drawing exposes her darkest secret.
“Love is a battlefield”
In an explosive moment, Diana wreaks a fiery revenge.
Lucy confronts a ghost from the past, and glimpses
the hidden hand behind an ancient moment
of violence and terror.
Then Laura answers the wrong phone call,
and comes face to face with the truth
of the blackest moment of her life.
“In you, I find safe harbor forever”
Lives are smashed and reformed.
A man casts away his pride to gain the world.
A family, destroyed by lies and murderous fury,
struggles to heal after the storms of scandal and terror.
A dynasty is reborn.
A great estate rises again for the ages.
And a woman of destiny, tempered and forged
in the worst of crucibles,
emerges as steel and diamond –
triumphant at last.
Dedication
To my husband
for his love and encouragement
and for insisting I do this
in spite of the odds
All That Lies Broken.
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The characters and events, except for those of obvious historical importance, are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.
Forrest, Lindsey.
All That Lies Broken / Lindsey Forrest – 1st ed.
ISBN-10: 1941521029
ISBN-13: 978-1-941521-02-1
1. Contemporary Family – Fiction. 2. Contemporary Romance – Fiction.
3. September 11, 2001 – Fiction. 4. Forbidden Romance – Fiction.
5. Virginia – Fiction. I. Title
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Family trees created in Visio by Starry Night Words.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Cast of Characters, Family Trees, and Maps
Act One: Piercing the Veil
Chapter 1: Questions, Questions
Chapter 2: Better Not Tell Her
Chapter 3: Diana, Served
Chapter 4: What He Doesn’t Know
Chapter 5: Iceberg, Dead Ahead
Chapter 6: Secrets Unraveling
Chapter 7: Diana, Listing
Act Two: Dangerous Days
Chapter 8: A Woman’s Weapon
Chapter 9: Truth Will Out
Chapter 10: Diana, Smoldering
Chapter 11: None Shall Sleep
Chapter 12: Confession
Chapter 13: Deep Pockets
Chapter 14: Going Off the Rails
Act Three: A Demon in My View
Chapter 15: Blood Will Tell
Chapter 16: From the Sky to the Sea
Chapter 17: Nothing Ever Dies
Chapter 18: The Pecking Order
Chapter 19: Breaking the Rules
Chapter 20: The Moving Finger
Author’s Notes and Acknowledgments
About the Author
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