Vows Made in Wine (Harper Monogram)
Rescued from a hangman's noose, Oliver de Lacey finds an unlikely saviour in Lark Merrifield.  Still, there is something about the scripture quoting, serious young woman that sparks his interest.  When she asks a favor of him on behalf of her guardian, Spencer Merrifield, he cannot refuse. Plagued with thoughts of death due to a childhood ailment, Oliver sees Lark as a challenge a welcome challenge, at that.  Lark's duties involve rescuing innocent men from sure death for a secret cause.  The men are usually good, respectable, religious men but Oliver is a rogue, a spoiled noble whose only pursuit is pleasure.  Lark doesn't know what she sees in him, she only knows that he stirs something deep inside her a longing that has been caged.  When Spencer makes her promise on his death bed to marry Oliver, she agrees. But she refuses to love him because she knows that as soon as things become difficult, he will leave her. Treachery and danger seem to follow Lark and Oliver.  Fighting to keep Spencer's estate from his evil son, they face powerful enemies. In the end, Oliver must make the choice between saving himself and saving Lark.  For Lark, life without Oliver is unthinkable and she will do anything to save him once again.  It is only in the face of death that they realize the most noble cause of all is love.An adventurous romp through merry old England!  Susan Wiggs is a rare talent! Boisterous, passionate, exciting!  The characters leap off the page and into your heart! Susan Wiggs once again shows a flair for capturing a moment in history! Fiction and fact are interwoven into a most entertaining tale!  Vows Made in Wine will take you to a time and place you won't want to leave!Kristina Wright  --Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc.  All rights reserved--FromLiterary Times