Historical Fiction

 This is the fifth in the Beckets of Romney Marsh series.  Fanny secretly follows her brother, Rian, to Belgium and into battle with Napoleon.  Valentine Clement feels duty bound to protect her.

This is the fourth novel about the Beckets of Romney Marsh and tells the story of Spencer Becket, who went off to war in America and returned older, wiser, and with a part of his memory missing.  One of his missing memories is Mariah Rutledge, who arrives at Becket Hall, heavy with his child. The Becket's old enemy, Edward Beales, is mentioned in this story.

The sudden, unexpected death of Sir Edward Gray causes his widow, Lady Julia to suspect murder.  She enlists the aide of Nicholas Brisbane and presses forward, following a trail of clues.  In the process, she learns many unpleasant truths about Edward, Nicholas, and her herself.

The story opens with Susanna Dallet confessing it was her fate and her sins that caused her to fall into the world of the French court in 1514, all because she was trained to paint by her Flemish father, and was married to a painter, who wished to learn her father's secrets.

This is the story of Portugal’s Princess Catherine, her marriage to King Charles of England, and all the courtly intrigue, treachery, plotting, womanizing that that entailed.

Francesca Visser is the daughter of a Dutch painter, talented in painting as well. When her mother dies, she takes over the role of administering the family’s money, which is no easy task as her father is a habitual gambler.

At mid-life, 4 years a widow, a homestead left in her care, Jessie Tate faces yet another challenge. Her dying brother, Gabe, has lost his ranch and intends to sell his herd of prize crossbreeds to a Texan to cover gambling debts.

One book leads to another...

Well I started this one before we were given the challenge details i think so it's not linked to anythign else and since I need to catch up on Harlequin books, and am about to go on a Debbie Macomber kick, I probably won't be linking anything to this one. Unless one of my other library books i checked out and downloaded can link somehow.