"Behind The Raven Mask"
Son of a Russian adventurer, Dmitri Bressoff stays in Alaska after the purchase of Seward's Folly by the United States. Mauled by a bear, as a young fur hunter, he is a widower with a ten-year-old girl to raise. Dmitri is feeling his age. The year is 1881, and he is on his way back to his island and his headstrong daughter. Dmitri cannot forget his first wife, a half Russian, half Tlingit girl. He has no wish to remarry.
Camille is the niece of the captain of the steamship Dmitri is using to make his way home. Saddled with Camille, her uncle is looking for an advantageous marriage for the young widow. She suffers from nightmares and is on the verge of becoming addicted to laudanum.
A drunken mistake gives the captain the means to get rid of Camille and make her Dmitri's wife.
The couple tries to come to terms with an arranged marriage but find themselves under the threat of murder. Someone wants Camille dead. They must cut through the lies to find the way to safety.
"Daughter of the Raven"
Anya Bressoff thinks she has found the answer to her prayers. The man she meets in San Francisco will take her all over the world. The first place he takes her is Russia, after being warned to keep her out of that country by her father, Dmitri Bresoff. Kidnapped, Anya finds she can only go east, across Siberia to find her way home to Bressoff Island.
Anya's family has no idea what has happened, and they are told she is dead. The man who has loved her for most of her life is heartbroken.
If she can find her way home will she be forced to resume her marriage? Anya is determined to be free of her now unwanted husband. First, she must get home. Will the man she overlooked still be waiting if she can get home?
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