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Midnight Lace
A historical romance set in Victorian London, in which an independent young woman falls head over heels in love with a sea captain, who may or may not be the West End Strangler. Follows FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
309 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1990
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Elizabeth Kary
6 books8 followersElizabeth Kary (aka Elizabeth Grayson) has had a lifelong love affair with writing. She published her first poem in fourth grade, and finished an historical novel at fifteen. She wrote through college and graduate school, wrote through twelve years of teaching art in New York State, and nine years of supervising children's classes at the St. Louis Art Museum.
In 1986 Berkley Books released her first historical novel, LOVE, HONOR AND BETRAY, which went on to win the Waldenbook Award for "Best-selling Romance by a New Author".
Kary delights in telling rich, romantic stories set on the American frontier, for which she garnered a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her most recently published book, MOON IN THE WATER, was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2005 Rita Award and was named to the honors list for the prestigious Willa Literary Award.
Her first contemporary novel, A SIMPLE GIFT, written under the name Karyn Witmer, is a Literary Guild Featured Alternate and will be in bookstores in September 2006.
When deadlines permit, Kary teaches writing classes at her local Community College. She divides her time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri and Monterey, California.
In 1986 Berkley Books released her first historical novel, LOVE, HONOR AND BETRAY, which went on to win the Waldenbook Award for "Best-selling Romance by a New Author".
Kary delights in telling rich, romantic stories set on the American frontier, for which she garnered a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her most recently published book, MOON IN THE WATER, was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2005 Rita Award and was named to the honors list for the prestigious Willa Literary Award.
Her first contemporary novel, A SIMPLE GIFT, written under the name Karyn Witmer, is a Literary Guild Featured Alternate and will be in bookstores in September 2006.
When deadlines permit, Kary teaches writing classes at her local Community College. She divides her time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri and Monterey, California.
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May 7, 2015
The girl: Grayson Ware. Wealthy and oh-so-beautiful heiress, although she's turned all of her suitors away. Grayson excelled at elocution in school, so she's convinced she's destined for the stage - if she can't do it in London, she'll run away to America and be a star. For realz.
The guy: Duncan Palmer. He's really the marquis of something or other, but he's been living with an uncle in America after his parents died when Duncan was around twelve or so after Duncan supposedly shot his father after his father strangled his mother during a violent argument. Duncan's returned to England to investigate how his other uncle is managing the English side of the business (they're in trade, you know).
Anyhoo, Duncan is suffering from frequent attacks of the nastiest of nasty headaches, and only a strong dose of laudanum and the sleep of the dead will cure it. Problem is, is there's a murderer afoot in London, strangling young girls on the streets, and every time a murder happens is on the same night as one of Duncan's attacks - and he can't remember a thing.
That's the gist of it, but really don't bother wasting your time here, and definitely not for Peerage Purists. I guessed the big reveal of who was behind the murder around page 44 - that's not a good thing. Grayson is much too modern minded for my tastes, and WTF were her guardians doing letting her run around loose and unescorted? First name basis with Duncan at their first meetings and in front of her guardian at that? How did she manage to get her hands on a set of male evening clothes, mustache and wig, let alone get out of the house wearing them? For realz?
Don't bother.
The guy: Duncan Palmer. He's really the marquis of something or other, but he's been living with an uncle in America after his parents died when Duncan was around twelve or so after Duncan supposedly shot his father after his father strangled his mother during a violent argument. Duncan's returned to England to investigate how his other uncle is managing the English side of the business (they're in trade, you know).
Anyhoo, Duncan is suffering from frequent attacks of the nastiest of nasty headaches, and only a strong dose of laudanum and the sleep of the dead will cure it. Problem is, is there's a murderer afoot in London, strangling young girls on the streets, and every time a murder happens is on the same night as one of Duncan's attacks - and he can't remember a thing.
That's the gist of it, but really don't bother wasting your time here, and definitely not for Peerage Purists. I guessed the big reveal of who was behind the murder around page 44 - that's not a good thing. Grayson is much too modern minded for my tastes, and WTF were her guardians doing letting her run around loose and unescorted? First name basis with Duncan at their first meetings and in front of her guardian at that? How did she manage to get her hands on a set of male evening clothes, mustache and wig, let alone get out of the house wearing them? For realz?
Don't bother.
January 29, 2015
Grayson Ware the most lovely woman in her circle, with many suiters. She doesn't care about anyone of those men. Until Grayson come's face to face with a sea captian who wont let her out of his arms. But will she let him into her heart even though their is a killer on the loose and it might be him. Duncan Palmer the reclusive piaret who has more secrets than a prim princess. But is one of those secrets that he is a murder. He spends his time with the lovely Ms. Grayson relearning how to love. So together they go on an adventure that happens to so few.
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