The Widow's Secret

by Laurie Alice Eakes

Red-haired Leah Brant ignores warnings that she will make a fool of herself by trying to enter London society, but after a life as a virtual prisoner, she insists on starting out on just such a journey. A suspicious carriage accident brings Neil Drummond to her rescue. Leah’s money would save Neil’s ancestral estate as well he knows, and he resists wooing her for just that reason. Nonetheless, he falls in love with her, even as Leah is proclaiming of her intention to never marry again. A marriage would reveal to her new husband the painful secret she guards so carefully. But can she keep her secret from one who wants to harm her? Can she keep it from Neil? And what if he already knows what it is?

299 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Laurie Alice Eakes used to lie in bed as a child telling herself stories so she didn’t wake anyone else up. Sometimes she shared her stories withothers; thus, when she decided to be a writer, she surprised no one. Family Guardian, her first book, won the National Readers Choice Award for Best Regency in 2007. In the past three years, she has sold six books to Baker/Revell, five of which are set during the Regency time period, four books to Barbour Publishing, as well as two novellas to Barbour Publishing and one to Baker/Revell. Seven of her books have been picked up by Thorndike Press for large print publication, and Lady in the Mist, her first book with Revell, was chosen for hardcover publication with Crossings Bookclub. She also teaches on-line writing courses and enjoys a speaking ministry that has taken her from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast.
Laurie Alice lives in Texas with her husband, two dogs and two cats, and is learning how to make tamales.

You can learn more about her and her work at http://www.lauriealiceeakes.com