title: The Beaumont Rose
author: Tardieu, Wendy
description: The Beaumont sisters are finally ready to be married. As their father's health fails, London suitors swarm the eldest girl, heiress by tradition to the Beaumont fortune. Alice Beaumont, the solitary, rebellious younger sister, inherits only the family estate. But, Nicolas Beaumont has made some final changes to his will. He has secretly traded one girl's birthright for the other's. But, one suitor knows just who the right bride is. Jonas Creed is a brooding investigator, the only man to uncover the scheme of the wealthy widower. But, his pursuit of Alice is not for her pending fortune. A secret life-long vengeance against Nicolas is his driving force. But, Alice is not so easily used, and soon becomes his most formidable obstacle. Told in the narrative style of a Victorian romance, The Beaumont Rose offers a sensuous web of intrique, deceit, betrayal and finally, true love.