Blurb:
Five-year-old
Annabelle arrived at boarding school fluent in French and English. Separated
from her nurse, a dismal shadow blights Annabelle’s life because she does not
know who her parents are.
Although
high-spirited, Annabelle is financially dependent on her unknown guardian. She
refuses to marry a French baron more than twice her age.
Her
life in danger, Annabelle is saved by a gentleman, who says he will help her to
discover her identity. Yet, from then on nothing is as it seems, and she is
forced to run away for the second time to protect her rescuer.
Even
more determined to discover her parents’ identity, in spite of many false
pretences, Annabelle must learn who to trust. Her attempts to unravel the
mystery of her birth, lead to further danger, despair, unbearable heartache and
even more false pretences until the only person who has ever wanted to cherish
her reveals the startling truth, and all’s well that ends well.
About the Author:
Rosemary
Morris was born in 1940 in Sidcup Kent. As a child, when she was not making up
stories, her head was “always in a book.”
While
working in a travel agency, Rosemary met her Indian husband. He encouraged her
to continue her education at Westminster College. In 1961 Rosemary and her
husband, now a barrister, moved to his birthplace, Kenya, where she lived from
1961 until 1982. After an attempted coup d’état, she and four of her children
lived in an ashram in France.
Back in
England, Rosemary wrote historical fiction. She is now a member of the Romantic
Novelists’ Association, Historical Novel Society and Cassio Writers.
Apart
from writing, Rosemary enjoys classical Indian literature, reading, visiting
places of historical interest, vegetarian cooking, growing organic fruit, herbs
and vegetables and creative crafts.
Time
spent with her five children and their families, most of whom live near her, is
precious.
Review by Rochelle:
Anyone
who follows Roses & Thorns knows I shy away from historical romance because
I absolutely hate anomalies—things like the use of modern jargon in period
pieces. But this book was a Christmas gift, and I’m familiar with Ms. Morris,
so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m so glad I did. As you can see, I found no
anomalies and no modern jargon.
Annabelle
is eighteen when she runs away from school on the eve of her wedding to a much
older man. A handsome stranger named Roland rescues her from highwaymen and identifies
himself as her fiancé. When they spend the night in separate rooms at an inn,
she’s so innocent, she doesn’t understand why he wants the innkeeper’s daughter
to sleep in her room as a chaperone. Not having a mother to talk with her on
the night before her wedding, she has no clue what sex is, and she remains
innocent until her wedding night. The next morning they encounter a truly
odious man whom she dubs “The Toad.” She later learns he is really her fiancé.
Annabelle
also worries that her status as an orphan may compromise Roland’s social
standing. She’s heard the girls at school speculate that she may have been born
“on the wrong side of the blanket.” And then she learns from the woman Roland hired
as her ladies’ maid that there are kidnapping charges pending and a reward
posted as a result of her disappearance from school. The maid tries to blackmail her, but Annabelle runs away hoping to find
out who her birth parents are, who her guardian is, and why they wanted her to
marry “The Toad.” She also hopes to persuade them to allow her to stay married
to Roland, the man she loves.
Again,
I found no glitches in this tale. The characters were well-drawn, and I rooted
for them from beginning to end. Even when Roland lied to Annabelle, I always knew
he did so to protect her, not to deceive. It was a page-burning mystery that I
had difficulty putting down, and a truly delightful read.
Length: 218 Pages
Price: $5.95
Buy Link: https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/false-pretences-detail
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