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The Barrancourt destiny
With only a name and address as clues, Victoria Brown went to England seeking the details of her birth. Her mother had somehow been involved with the ancient and distinguished Barrancourt family of Alconleigh Manor — but how — as the wife of the estate's gardener - or as mistress to one of its lords?
The Barrancourts' legacy of greed and violence became apparent to Victoria as she witnessed their ruthless actions. But there was one man among them who was different — perhaps the only Barrancourt who was capable of love.
As Victoria's prying delved deeper into the secrets of Alconleigh, it became clear that someone wanted to end her investigation — at any cost. Very soon she would have to decide which Barrancourt to entrust with her life... and the wrong choice could prove to be fatal.
The Barrancourts' legacy of greed and violence became apparent to Victoria as she witnessed their ruthless actions. But there was one man among them who was different — perhaps the only Barrancourt who was capable of love.
As Victoria's prying delved deeper into the secrets of Alconleigh, it became clear that someone wanted to end her investigation — at any cost. Very soon she would have to decide which Barrancourt to entrust with her life... and the wrong choice could prove to be fatal.
251 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1977
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Anne Worboys
21 booksAnnette Isobel Eyre Worboys
aka Anne Eyre Worboys, Annette Eyre, Vicky Maxwell, Anne Worboys
Annette Isobel Eyre was born on 1920 in Auckland, New Zealand, daughter of Agnes Helen (Blair) and Thomas Edwardes Eyre. Before married, she served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, from 1942 to 1945. On 20 September 1946, she married Walter Brindy Worboys, and had two daughters, Carolyn and Robin. She wrote romance and suspense novels from 1961 to 1999, under the pennames of Anne Eyre Worboys, Annette Eyre, Vicky Maxwell and Anne Worboys. She won the Mary Elgin Award in 1975, and in 1977 by her novel "Every Man A King" the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Living in UK, Annette Isobel Eyre Worboys died on June 2007 in Leigh, Kent, England.
aka Anne Eyre Worboys, Annette Eyre, Vicky Maxwell, Anne Worboys
Annette Isobel Eyre was born on 1920 in Auckland, New Zealand, daughter of Agnes Helen (Blair) and Thomas Edwardes Eyre. Before married, she served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, from 1942 to 1945. On 20 September 1946, she married Walter Brindy Worboys, and had two daughters, Carolyn and Robin. She wrote romance and suspense novels from 1961 to 1999, under the pennames of Anne Eyre Worboys, Annette Eyre, Vicky Maxwell and Anne Worboys. She won the Mary Elgin Award in 1975, and in 1977 by her novel "Every Man A King" the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Living in UK, Annette Isobel Eyre Worboys died on June 2007 in Leigh, Kent, England.
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February 11, 2022
Lately I seem to have fallen down a 1970s gothic suspense rabbit hole in my Open Library choices. I'm not sure why—they are almost uniformly bad. This one, while competently written, was a plotting disaster that started out intriguing and quickly devolved into a deeply stupid mess. Stolen paintings, drug smugglers, murderous aristocrats, Chinese ghosts...good lord. I'm not sure why I even stuck with it, but I did and was unrewarded by the silly ending. I've got to find a new genre.
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