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Accursed Abbey is a full length Steamy Regency Gothic Romance novel, and Book 1 in the Nobles & Necromancy series.
Nature-loving Elizabeth Whitely is thrust from her sheltered country life in England when the suspicious death of her parents leaves her at the mercy of her father’s mad last testament. She is sent far away to live with her aunt and uncle. In her travels, she befriends a beautiful orphan, Lenore, who is destined for the same tiny village. Then the handsome Viscount Canterbourne rescues Elizabeth from ruffians, and his dark story captivates her imagination, even as his heroics and kindness captivate her heart.
But when she encounters the necromantic nightmare of Lord Orefados and realizes the mage has imprisoned Lenore in the remains of an ancient abbey, Elizabeth hurtles into a maelstrom of peril and dark sorcery. Can she save herself and her new friend from the magician’s madness, or will she be drawn into his strange rites? Will her love be Lord Canterbourne’s boon, or will Elizabeth become the chain that binds him to Orefados forever?
Lord Canterbourne is full of pain and questions at the loss of his estranged father. He hopes his father’s testamentary letter will explain why he abandoned him, but instead it sends him on a fool’s errand to deliver a box (which he must never open) to a man he has only ever seen once: shadowy, eccentric Lord Orefados.
Along the way he meets Elizabeth, with whom he shares an instant connection. Who else can understand his heart but a woman who has also been at the whim of paternal madness, a woman who also bears the stigma of a father’s bizarre behaviour? Canterbourne knows that they are destined for one another, fated to meet in this strange place.
But when he discovers his dark family history and a secret wrong against Elizabeth’s parents, Canterbourne fears he can never tell her the truth. Yet, if he doesn’t, he could lose her to the ensorcellments of Orefados, whose obsession with an outlandish ritual is reaching a fever pitch.
Will seducing Elizabeth be the only way to cut her off from Orefados’ spell? Will their love deliver them from evil, or will their secrets seal their doom?
Nature-loving Elizabeth Whitely is thrust from her sheltered country life in England when the suspicious death of her parents leaves her at the mercy of her father’s mad last testament. She is sent far away to live with her aunt and uncle. In her travels, she befriends a beautiful orphan, Lenore, who is destined for the same tiny village. Then the handsome Viscount Canterbourne rescues Elizabeth from ruffians, and his dark story captivates her imagination, even as his heroics and kindness captivate her heart.
But when she encounters the necromantic nightmare of Lord Orefados and realizes the mage has imprisoned Lenore in the remains of an ancient abbey, Elizabeth hurtles into a maelstrom of peril and dark sorcery. Can she save herself and her new friend from the magician’s madness, or will she be drawn into his strange rites? Will her love be Lord Canterbourne’s boon, or will Elizabeth become the chain that binds him to Orefados forever?
Lord Canterbourne is full of pain and questions at the loss of his estranged father. He hopes his father’s testamentary letter will explain why he abandoned him, but instead it sends him on a fool’s errand to deliver a box (which he must never open) to a man he has only ever seen once: shadowy, eccentric Lord Orefados.
Along the way he meets Elizabeth, with whom he shares an instant connection. Who else can understand his heart but a woman who has also been at the whim of paternal madness, a woman who also bears the stigma of a father’s bizarre behaviour? Canterbourne knows that they are destined for one another, fated to meet in this strange place.
But when he discovers his dark family history and a secret wrong against Elizabeth’s parents, Canterbourne fears he can never tell her the truth. Yet, if he doesn’t, he could lose her to the ensorcellments of Orefados, whose obsession with an outlandish ritual is reaching a fever pitch.
Will seducing Elizabeth be the only way to cut her off from Orefados’ spell? Will their love deliver them from evil, or will their secrets seal their doom?
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Newly orphaned Miss Elizabeth Whitely has been sent to live with family in a small village in the vineyards of Melonia. The long journey across the Alps alone, was frightening for our heroine. Only the company of various other travellers along the way helped. Particularly one other young maiden on her way from the convent where she grew up, to her guardian.
Viscount Canterbourne was given a task to perform for his father when the man passed away. He has to deliver an unopened package to a small village. He didn´t know his father very well, but it´s still his duty to carry out his last wish.
Little do our characters know what they will face in the strange town. There is someone very creepy and powerful controlling the lives of the locals. What does our villain want with them and can they hope to escape with their lives and sanity intact. We also have a four footed friend in the story who is in many ways the true hero.
A strange and creepy story. I loved it.
Viscount Canterbourne was given a task to perform for his father when the man passed away. He has to deliver an unopened package to a small village. He didn´t know his father very well, but it´s still his duty to carry out his last wish.
Little do our characters know what they will face in the strange town. There is someone very creepy and powerful controlling the lives of the locals. What does our villain want with them and can they hope to escape with their lives and sanity intact. We also have a four footed friend in the story who is in many ways the true hero.
A strange and creepy story. I loved it.
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Tessa Candle is a lawyer, world traveler, and author of rollicking historical regency romance. She also lays claim to the questionable distinction of being happily married to the descendant of a royal bastard.
When she is not slaving over the production and release of another novel, or conducting research by reading salacious historical romances with heroines who refuse to be victims, she divides her time between gardening, video editing, traveling, and meeting the outrageous demands of her two highly entitled Samoyed dogs. As they are cute and inclined to think too well of themselves, Tessa surmises that they were probably dukes in a prior incarnation.
