Books like Dark Rose by Janet Louise Roberts
The Civil War was over and beautiful Belinda Valcours was ecstatic — her husband, Jared, was coming home! Now they could start their life at Rosehill, the peaceful, old plantation Jared loved. But life at Rosehill was not as blissful as Belinda had hoped. Blood-curdling screams from the depths of the backyard swamps awakened her — the mysterious relationship between Jared and Merle Du Bourg, the handsome, wealthy woman he almost married before the war, haunted her...and Jared's cousin, Henri, loved her.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Janet Louise Roberts
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