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The Herrick Inheritance
She was a woman of consequence!
In America and England, she dominated society and ran the Herrick enterprises. She inspired admiration, imitation, and fear. When love came her way she bent only briefly to passion.
Her mission in life was to bring prestige and prominence to the family name, to fulfill the dream of a small poor boy, an illegitimate child whose father refused to recognize him. She was the granddaughter of that boy, but in her veins also ran the blood of her grandmother -- a woman who had given everything for love…
In America and England, she dominated society and ran the Herrick enterprises. She inspired admiration, imitation, and fear. When love came her way she bent only briefly to passion.
Her mission in life was to bring prestige and prominence to the family name, to fulfill the dream of a small poor boy, an illegitimate child whose father refused to recognize him. She was the granddaughter of that boy, but in her veins also ran the blood of her grandmother -- a woman who had given everything for love…
384 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 1982
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About the author
Mary Linn Roby
46 books8 followersaka Elisabeth Welles, Georgina Grey, Mary Wilson, Pamela D'Arcy, Pauline Pryor, Valerie Bradstreet.
Mary is the author of fifty-two Gothic, romances, regencies, and mystery novels. Mary also teaches English literature, creative writing, and rhetoric. Her husband is an English professor, a biographer, editor, and mystery writer.
Mary loves tennis, reading, and traveling, and her special editing interests lie in the field of fiction and memoirs. She enhances the creative talents of clients by giving their manuscripts a sympathetic reading, an in-depth critique, and meticulous editing.
Mary is the author of fifty-two Gothic, romances, regencies, and mystery novels. Mary also teaches English literature, creative writing, and rhetoric. Her husband is an English professor, a biographer, editor, and mystery writer.
Mary loves tennis, reading, and traveling, and her special editing interests lie in the field of fiction and memoirs. She enhances the creative talents of clients by giving their manuscripts a sympathetic reading, an in-depth critique, and meticulous editing.
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