Love in Peril

1792.

When twenty-two year old Hester Brandon’s mother dies, she sent to her estranged father in Cornwall.

She has been kept in the dark about him, but her mother dropped hints about his stern character so she is nervous to meet him.

But her fears are increased when the coach she is travelling in is dramatically attacked by two highwaymen.

Stranded in the middle of the countryside, Hester almost falls victim to these evil smugglers.

But luckily one of the locals – Hal Trevian – comes to her rescue and safely escorts her to her father’s estate.

Once she arrives Hester is willing to try and build a relationship with her father.

But that is thrown into turmoil when she meets his dark and sadistic ward, Willard Cooper.

Willard is hiding a sinister secret – a secret that Hester unwittingly stumbles upon…

And before she knows it her life is once more in jeopardy.

Can she find the confidence to reveal all to her father?

Or will someone else have to come to her rescue…?

‘Love in Peril’ is an intriguing romantic thriller set in eighteenth-century Cornwall.

Phyllis Mallett is the author of several historical and contemporary romances, including ‘Her Searching Heart’, ‘Deadly Inheritance’, ‘Tides of Love’ and ‘The Heart is Torn’.

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