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Elizabeth Ellen Carter

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USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Ellen Carter is an award-winning historical romance writer who pens richly detailed historical romantic adventures. A former newspaper journalist, Carter ran an award-winning PR agency for 12 years. She lives in Australia.

On the publication of her debut novel in 2013, Carter was heralded by critics as ‘a writer worth keeping an eye on’ with a style reminiscent of classic suspense novelist Daphne du Maurier. This impression has been borne out in her subsequent work.

Her full-length novels frequently feature psychologically complex relations between the central characters and often delve into dark themes.

Nonetheless, she also occasionally turns her hand to sweet romance (always with a touch of adventure)
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“If you want to destroy a man, you don't take his life. You let him live. Then you take his peace of mind, his possessions, his loved ones... everything he owns. Then he will beg you to kill him.”
Elizabeth Ellen Carter, Warrior's Surrender

“Opal took a deep breath and mustered a confidence she didn’t feel.
“And you will guarantee me the outcome I’ve paid for?”
“Life doesn’t come with guarantees, Miss Jones.”
Elizabeth Ellen Carter , The Lyon Sleeps Tonight

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“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
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“If you want to destroy a man, you don't take his life. You let him live. Then you take his peace of mind, his possessions, his loved ones... everything he owns. Then he will beg you to kill him.”
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