Milady's Revenge

by Anne Herries

Corinna Knolls arrives in London after a year of mourning her much loved mother and immediately falls in love with Edward Fitzroy, the new Marquis of Lanchester. The marquis admires the lovely but na?ve young girl, though he has no wish to marry her ? or any woman. Swept away on a tide of passion one night, Corinna allows the marquis to seduce her, but she soon regrets her foolishness when she realizes she is with child. She contemplates taking her own life, but instead confesses her situation to her father who then forces her to marry the vile Sir Keith Miles. Too late, Corinna realizes that she ought to have kept her secret at all costs, for her husband is a brute who abuses her both mentally and physically. Corinna is saved from her life of misery only when Sir Keith dies, and, armed with a new name and a confidence that was never hers as a young girl, Corinna returns to London dreaming of revenge against the man who brought about her downfall. But she has reckoned without the devastating charm of a rake who lives life on the edge, his reckless manner masking a very different man. Can she learn to put the bitterness of the past behind her? Or will a hidden menace snatch away her happiness a second time?

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2004

About the author

LINDA SOLE also writes under the names of Anne Herries, Emma Quincey, Lynn Granville and one as Juliana Linden.

Linda was born in Swindon. Her family moved to Ely in Cambridgeshire when she was nine, and Linda attended the local school but left at fifteen to work as a hairdresser in her father's business. She was married at eighteen and ran her own hairdressing business for some years before moving to Cambridge, although Linda has now moved to somewhere a bit quieter in Cambridgeshire. She started writing in 1976, combining this with helping her husband to run his antique shop.

Writing as Anne Herries, Linda won the 2004 RNA Romance Award and the Betty Neels Trophy. She lives in Cambridgeshire. After many happy years of taking their holidays in Spain she and her husband, now have a second home in Norfolk. Being only a short drive, they can visit for a few days at a time, which suits their busy lifestyle these days. They are only just across the road from the sea, and can see it from their windows. At home and at the sea they enjoy watching the wildlife and have many visitors to their gardens, particularly squirrels. Anne loves watching their antics and spoils both them and her birds shamelessly. She also loves to see the flocks of geese and other birds flying in over the sea during the autumn, to winter in the milder climes of this country. Anne loves to write about the beauty of nature and sometimes puts a little into her books, though they are mostly about love and romance. She writes for her own enjoyment and to give pleasure to her readers.