Dearest Max

by Barbara Miller

The mysterious death of her beloved father has left Lady Veronica Strake alone to manage Byerly, his bankrupt estate -- and to deal with an army of greedy relatives. But then her childhood companion Max returns from overseas... The little boy who shared in Veronica's youthful escapades is now completely grown up...in a most attractive way. And the powerful bond between the two has given way to lightning bolts. Because they are distant cousins, there seems to be no impediment to their marrying. Except that Max is already an engaged man. Learning this, Veronica longs to flee, but Max persuades her to stay -- after all, they must find out why her father died so suddenly, and what happened to the treasure he had been pursuing. As they team up to solve these puzzles, the passion sizzling between them threatens to burst its bounds -- and Veronica comes to realize that, no matter what happens, this remarkable man will always be...her dearest Max.

Genres: Romance, Historical

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

About the author

Barbara J. Miller started writing romances because she was running out of reading material and all her copies of her Georgette Heyer novels were becoming dog-eared. By day she works as a business analyst; by night she runs a retirement home for aged horses, dogs and cats. On the week-ends she spends a lot of time in Regency England, creating heroes and heroines to fight the Napoleonic Wars, shock London society, and set the countryside in an uproar. Her accomplice is her computer-expert husband Don, who is one of her biggest fans.

Barb admits to enjoying the research as much as the writing, and has the books to prove it. France used to be in the dining room and England in the living room. Now that she has taken over the upper story of their old farmhouse as an office at least all the books are one floor. This saves a tremendous amount of time when she is trying to confirm an obscure fact in the middle of the night. Under the name Laurel Ames she produced eight Regency-era historicals for Harlequin, one of which was nominated for a Rita in 1994. Now, she writes as Barbara Miller. She is a member of the Western PA Chapter of Romance Writers of America and also edits The Laurel Wreath newsletter for them. You may email her at scribe@cvzoom.net.

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice quick read.

[NorthernLightsGirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looking forward to reading more from thos author.