The Silver Rose

The second book in Jane Feather's Charm Bracelet trilogy, The Silver Rose offers a dark look at feuding families. Tired of the bloody, long-standing feud between the Ravenspeares and the Hawksmoors, Queen Anne commands Ariel Ravenspeare to marry the Earl of Hawksmoor. Ariel's selfish brothers are only too happy to agree with the Queen's decree because it allows them to concoct an evil plot that will rid them of the Hawksmoors forever. But first they must persuade Ariel to go along with the plan. Ariel, though, has her own secrets, and her plans for the future don't include marrying a dreaded family enemy nor do they include familial camaraderie of any kind. Ariel, who is intelligent and a gifted horse raiser, plans to breed the animals--and live free of her brothers. She doesn't expect to find Hawksmoor to be a kind and temperate man who teaches her that not all men are as selfish and exploitative as her own family.