Secret Intentions
Leslie DickenInspiration romance
Available from Triskelion Publishing
ISBN: 1-60186-119
March 2007
| She had loved him deeply…before he scoffed that he would never marry her! That was the same time that her sister slipped off to the river and drowned! She had not, and would never, be the same. Now Lizzie Parker found that her father was forcing her to go to London with Lord Markham for a Season with the ton. He insisted that the Earl court her properly and then, at the end of the season, marry her. If so, he would keep the secret that he, alone, was able to tell which would not only expose Markham as a fraud (bastard) but force his son, Lucas, to suffer for his entire life.
Lucas was only five years old, the product of his marriage to Emily who was now deceased. There is another woman who plays prominently into this story—Lady Fallston (Lucinda) and her protégé, Lady Harriett. She had married in haste to an older man, Sir Fallston, when Markham married Emily; when Emily died, Lucinda could not get out of her marriage. However, she desired the Earl for obvious reasons and she would go to any lengths necessary to secure his presence! When she met Lizzie, she had no worries; until Lord Markham could not stay away from her and ignored his own “kind” to please Lizzie! Leslie Dicken wrote a wonderful story about the pros and cons of life as part of the ton versus country living. She examined characters from both extremes and how each interacted with others while living in each place. Lizzie had certain ideals by which she lived and she practiced them in the country as well as in London even though these actions caused people in the ton to look down on her because of it! Lord Markham, on the other hand, had standards which he dared not ignore because it could jeopardize his standing as an Earl and a gentleman. This is a very good story which, I promise, has surprises all the way to the very end! You will be glad to have read this story, I guarantee!
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Reviewer: Brenda Talley |
