In Victorian era London, educated beauty Alexandria Ellsworth hastily accepts a marriage proposal after a broken engagement leaves her reputation in question. She knows little of her intended husband Edmund Bainbridge but is assured that he will offer her a comfortable, secure life. When Edmund spots the green-eyed beauty at a posh London tea room
In Victorian era London, educated beauty Alexandria Ellsworth hastily accepts a marriage proposal after a broken engagement leaves her reputation in question. She knows little of her intended husband Edmund Bainbridge but is assured that he will offer her a comfortable, secure life. When Edmund spots the green-eyed beauty at a posh London tea room he decides she and no other will be his wife and he whisks her away to his tea plantation in Ceylon. However once in Ceylon, Edmund loses interest in his new bride and becomes distant and cold neglecting her for long periods of time. Meanwhile Alex falls in love with the beauty of Ceylon and its people. One evening she stumbles into a stranger in the Ceylon forest and is shocked to discover that the handsome stranger who holds her in his arms is the overseer of the plantation, Julian Bainbridge; her husband’s half brother. She is drawn to the dark, attractive Julian as her husband continues to neglect her. As Julian and Alexandria fight their feelings for each other Edmund begins to spiral out of control hiding a dark, ugly secret that threatens to destroy everyone.
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An intriguing tale Alexandria was an innocent young woman who had an arranged marriage to an older man. Edmund owned a tea plantation in Ceylon and the first time he saw Alexandria he knew that she was the wife he wanted. She was beautiful, educated and innocent and would be an excellent hostess and give him heirs. What should have ended well turned into a nightmare and the wonderful kind man she married was mad. His darkness and abuse frightens her and she tries to escape him but know matter where she runs he…
Deep story The book was deep!! From incest to other physical abuse. It was a bit too much for me! If that story line is ok with you the actual writing was good. I finished the book but about halfway thru I read another book and then came back and finished.
An absolute waste of time! This is the first, and will be the last, book that I will read by this author. There was real potential here for a good story. Unfortunately, the author did an extremely poor job of attempting to pull it off. I found her writing to be superficial and immature. The hero made some obviously stupid choices. The heroine was too naive, reckless and made such ridiculously stupid choices as to be unbelievable. The plot was so predictable as to be ludicrous. Although there was a so-called happy…