The Silver Rose

Dear Reader,
Like the rose in the haunting tale of "Beauty and the Beast," a silver rose on a charm bracelet brings together a beautiful young woman and a battle-scarred lord....

In my story, Ariel Ravenspeare has been taught to loathe the earl of Hawkesmoor and everything he represents.??Their two families have been sworn enemies for generations.??But it's one thing to hate him, and another to play the part her vicious brothers have written for her--trapping Hawkesmoor into a marriage that will destroy him, using herself as bait.??Forced into the marriage, Ariel will find her new husband unexpectedly difficult to manipulate, as well as surprisingly--and powerfully--attractive.

But beneath the passion lurk the strands of a long-hidden secret...a secret embodied in a sparkling silver rose.

I hope you will be as caught up in Ariel and Hawkesmoor's love story as I was.

Warmest wishes,

Jane Feather

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.