House of Discord

by Jane Arbor

Rowan's husband, before he was killed, told his aristocratic Italian family that she had given birth to a baby boy. An heir to the vast Cortese estate. — Only it wasn't true. And his lie trapped Rowan in a web of intrigue. — If she admitted there was no child, she'd be spurned by the family, something she couldn't contemplate because of her increa... more »sing love for her brother-in-law, Dario. But how long could she continue to live a lie, moved by her heart against her better judgment -- and blundering into ever deeper emotional turmoil?

191 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1983

About the author

Eileen Norah Murphy Owbridge was born on 8 September 1903 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, she lived in Preston, Sussex, England, and passed away on 4 February 1994 in Worthing, West Sussex.

Under the pseudonym Jane Arbor she wrote over 55 romance novel for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. She started writing doctor-nurse romances, and many have been reedited with diferent titles, that included the words "nurse", "doctor" or "surgeon". Later, she focused her writing in foreign settings like the continental Europe, the Caribbean, Morocco...

Reviews

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeesh. What a bunch of ridiculous lies and trouble. All she had to do was say "no". She did NOT have to go to Italy to apologize to father in law for something her dead husband did without her knowledge. Of course then we have no story...

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Rowan's husband, before he was killed, told his aristocratic Italian family that she had given birth to a baby boy. An heir to the vast Cortese estate.

Only it wasn't true. And his lie trapped Rowan in a web of intrigue.

If she admitted there was no child, she'd be spurned by the family, something she couldn't contemplate because of her increa... more »sing love for her brother-in-law, Dario. But how long could she continue to live a lie, moved by her heart against her better judgment -- and blundering into ever deeper emotional turmoil?