Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak
"Novak's dark and brooding tale of love, passion, and obsession will curl your toes and warm your heart!" —Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author
"Novak sets out to create an unforgettable romance in Through the Smoke and succeeds with flying colors. Readers will find her story oozing with passion, captivating and next to impossible to put down...a phenomenal ending." —RT Book Reviews, 4 stars
"Through the Smoke swept me off my feet! [T]his is a true honest-to-goodness sweeping historical romance that was a joy to read." —Harlequin Junkie, Top Pick
"Novak sets out to create an unforgettable romance in Through the Smoke and succeeds with flying colors. Readers will find her story oozing with passion, captivating and next to impossible to put down...a phenomenal ending." —RT Book Reviews, 4 stars
"Through the Smoke swept me off my feet! [T]his is a true honest-to-goodness sweeping historical romance that was a joy to read." —Harlequin Junkie, Top Pick
A shocking betrayal…
Riches. Power. An ancient heritage of pride. The Earl of Druridge wanted only for an heir. So when he learned that his wife was carrying another man’s child, he was filled with a thirst for vengeance.
But he wasn’t the one who caused Katherine’s death. Or was he? To his horror, he remembers nothing of that dreadful night, when their last shocking confrontation ended in scorching flame and cold blood.
A forbidden love…
Rachel McTavish, the beautiful daughter of a coal miner, knows something about the fire that took Lady Katherine’s life. In secret, the strong-willed girl strikes a bargain with the desperate earl: he must send his physician to help her dying mother or he may go to the scaffold—and the devil. The earl agrees, but Rachel is still unsure that her revelation will be enough to save him when so many wish him dead.
Passionately drawn to the nobleman, despite all the doubt and mystery that shrouds him, Rachel wonders if he can really be a murderer. Or if he is the only man who will ever own her heart…
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Meet the Author
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak's career as a bestselling author--she caught her day-care provider drugging her children with cough syrup to get them to sleep all day. That was when Brenda decided she needed to quit her job as a loan officer and help make a living from home."When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book," Brenda says. But she sold that book, and the rest is history. Her novels have made the New York Times, USA Today and Borders/Waldenbooks bestseller lists and won many awards, including three Rita nominations, the Book Buyer's Best, the Book Seller's Best and the National Reader's Choice Award.
Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are proud parents of five children--three girls and two boys. When she's not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually working on her annual fund-raiser for diabetes research--an online auction held on her Web site (www.brendanovak.com) every May. Brenda has raised over $1.6 million to date.
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