title: A Passion for Henrietta
author: Strycharz, Nicole
description: ~*~ 1912 ~*~ Henrietta Dexter wasn't devastated over her broken engagement but she was unsure of what to do next. That changes when her handsome, lawyer cousin, Ralf Dexter offers to get her away from the gossip and drama of Maybrook. She agrees to go back with him to Washington D.C. and finds herself learning much about herself and the world around her. The first new influx of knowledge is that handsome, cousin Ralf... is not really her cousin! While shouldering a new attraction for the man she thought was family, she learns her privileged upbringing has made her into someone she does not like; someone spoiled and apathetic. Though Ralf has secrets that change her view of him, her sometimes uncaring behavior causes him to keep her at a distance, forcing her to search deeper for what kind of person she desires to be. Meanwhile, Ralf's handsome friend is sporting for her heart and since coming to Washington was also a tactic to find a suitable husband, she indulges him. During her stay, Henrietta ends up preoccupied with a murder case of Ralf's, surrounding a local Jewelry shop. She begins to hope solving it will end the flaws in her character and maybe even earn a place in Ralf's heart. She's a long way from her little town of Maybrook and that distance is giving her the courage to break society's rules, romantic limits, and even test family honor when her budding love for one man challenges everything. Finding her passion and her true self may be Henrietta's greatest adventure yet, in the Nation's Capital **The Maybrook Trilogy is better to be read in sequence. This book does contain some violence and mature sexual content best suited for ages 18 years and up.