The Stacy family has lived off the Dover coast for generations, carefully navigating the treacherous quicksands nearby. But the sands aren’t Caroline’s biggest threat. Everyone here has a secret, especially enigmatic young heir Napier Stacy. No matter where Caroline turns, the ground she walks is dangerous. And the closer she comes to unraveling the truth, the closer she comes to sharing her sister’s fate…
Praise for Victoria Holt:
“One of the best romantic-suspense novelists.”—Associated Press
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The Pride of the Peacock
by Victoria Holt
New York Times bestselling author
Jessica Clavering’s family only talks about the “better days” when they had their ancestral home, before their financial ruin. Jessica only realizes how little she knows her “family” when she meets an elderly gentleman who reportedly stole her family’s estate. They become friends, and he puts her in his will, with one condition: she must marry his son, Joss.
The newlyweds inherit an opal mine in Australia. Once they arrive on the faraway continent, Jessica starts to uncover her family’s dark past and her connection to The Green Flash, an exquisite and spellbinding opal. The stone arouses a dangerous desire in anyone who sees it—even her husband.
Praise for Victoria Holt:
“Few things are so steady as the writings of Victoria Holt, one of the reigning queens of mainstream gothic romance.”—United Press International
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