Dangerous Deception

by Janet Tanner

The new romantic thriller from a master storyteller On a bright summer's day a young girl, carefree and smiling, receives an ominous warning from an old gypsy woman ? a warning that she will never be able to forget. Some years later, another young woman is caught up, unwittingly, in Alex's sinister story. Imogen Voisey arrives at Upton Stowey House as governess to little Janine, daughter of the dangerously attractive Bradley Palmer. Janine's mother Alexandra died in mysterious circumstances ? and now Brad's second wife, Rosalie, has also disappeared. Rumours abound concerning the role of Brad Palmer in the fate of his two wives. Against her will ? and despite the powerful emotions his presence arouses in her ? Imogen is forced to confront these rumours and establish, for herself and for Janine, the truth?

203 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Janet Tanner is a prolific and well-loved author and has twice been shortlisted for RNA awards. Many of her novels are multi-generational sagas, and some – in particular the Hillsbridge Quartet – are based on her own working class background in a Somerset mining community. More recently, she has been writing historical and well-received gothic novels for Severn House – a reviewer for Booklist, a trade publication in the United States, calls her “a master of the Gothic genre.” Besides publication in the UK and US, Janet’s books have also been translated into dozens of languages and published all over the world. Before turning to novels she was a prolific writer of short stories and serials, with hundreds of stories appearing in various magazines and publications worldwide. Janet Tanner lives in Radstock, Somerset.