Bride of a Distant Isle

✍ Scribed by Byrd, Sandra

• Book ID: 108915168
• Publisher: Howard Books
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Series: Daughters of Hampshire 2
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781476717890

✦ Synopsis

A haunting romance set in Victorian England, Bride of A Distant Isle is the engrossing story of Annabel Ashton, who fights to save her ancestral home while trying to figure out if the man she loves wants her—or just wants her out of the way.
Miss Annabel Ashton is a teacher at the Rogers School for Young Ladies in Winchester when she takes a brief visit to her family home, Highcliffe Hall at Milford-on-Sea. She believes her stay will be short, but soon learns that she will not be returning to the safety of the school on strict orders of her cousin, Edward Everedge.

Annabel protests, but with little effect. As the illegitimate daughter of a woman who died in an insane asylum, she has little say. She must remain at Highcliffe Hall at the mercy of Edward, the current owner. Edward, however, is running out of money and puts the house up for sale to avoid financial ruin. Edward demands that Annabel marry, and promises her to a frightening man. But as the house...