Emerald Garden
Friends since childhood, Lady Brandice Townsend and Lord Quentin Steel naturally turn to each other for comfort when Brandi's father and Quentin's parents are killed in a coach accident.  Even though Quentin has been away for four years in the navy, Brandi and Quentin find that they are still as comfortable with each other, and affectionate toward each other as they have always been.  Perhaps more.  But when it is discovered that their parents were murdered, Brandi and Quentin must put their new feelings for each other on hold until the murderer is revealed. Brandi was no more than a child when Quentin left home to fight Napoleon.  But now she is a woman, a very beautiful woman, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by Quentin, or his brother Desmond who is now the new Duke of Colverton.  But something unsettling occurred between Quentin's brother and their father shortly before the accident, and rumor has it that the Duke had planned to change his will.  Did this have something to do with the murders, or was it Brandi's father and his financial situation?  The mystery gets ever deeper, as do Brandi and Quentin's feelings for each other and soon it becomes a race against time to discover the murderer before Brandi becomes the next victim.  While trying to discover the truth behind their beloved parents' death, Brandi and Quentin discover true depths of their feelings for each other, and come to know just how precious and enduring their love is.  But another is waiting in the wings to destroy all they hold dear, and will stop at nothing to save himself from being discovered. Andrea's strength lies in her characters.  Regardless of her setting, plot or time period, Andrea consistently delivers memorable individuals that remain with her readers, offering comfort, a laugh, or a sigh whenever they open the pages.With her writing, Andrea Kane brings to the world that which it is sorely lacking...tenderness, understanding, and of course love, the love that begins in the heart and grows to encompass the soul. Andrea Kane has the winning combination...imagination and talent! Emerald Garden once again proves why readers love Andrea Kane!Diane Potwin  --Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc.  All rights reserved--FromLiterary Times