The end of the Civil War brought neither peace nor justice to either woman; that would have to seek it for themselves. BOOK ALANA Torn Between Honor and Desire at the end of the Civil War. —After The Civil War ravaged her plantation, destroyed her life, and crushed the man she was to marry, Alana Belfores vowed to rebuild--no matter what the cost. What she didn't count on was Rafe Montgomery riding into town and changing her lonely, disparaged life. His one touch seared her skin as his kiss devoured her entirely, igniting passion she never knew possible. —But nothing in her past, nothing in her life, could have ever prepared her fr the saga she was about to live—not the desolation of the war, and not the destruction of her fiance. BOOK CRYSTAL —From the best selling author of ALANA and Run On The Wind, Monica Barrie brings you the continuing story of story of Alana Belfores and Crystal Revanche. —From the heights of San Francisco's Nob Hill society, to the bordellos of Virginia City and Charleston, Elizabeth Montgomery fights for her life, and battles to stop those who arrested her brother as a Confederate spy, burned her home to the ground, and sold her off to a bordello. —Taking the name Crystal Revanche, Elizabeth Montgomery fights her way back from the depths of human bondage to avenge her family and herself. From San Francisco to Charleston, where she saves Alana Belfores from a fate similar to her own. Together, Alana and Crystal fight the corruption of the 1860s business world.. —What Crystal did not expect, was to find love within the ruins of her life. A love she must run from, before it destroys him as well. —Vengeance, power, money, and love drive Crystal to seek justice against the men behind the consortium who stole her family's shipping company, murdered her friends and family, and tried to silence her forever.
Monica Barrie is a multi-published author of contemporary and historical romances. Beside writing, Monica is also geriatric social worker, wife, and mother. She lives in New York with her husband David Wind, a multi published author himself.
Monica is re-releasing many of her Contemporary and Historical romance novels in eBook format. These novels were originally published by Silhouette, Tapestry & Dell.
The story was superb from the beginning to the end. The characters, the locales and the ins and outs of each scenario was amazing. A very gifted storyteller with amazing insight. A great read.