Collection - Part 3 (1982-1992) - Victoria Holt

Written by Victoria Holt
Read by Donada Peters, Eva Haddon, Yvonne Fair Tessler, Morag Hood, Judy Bennet, Jill Ferris
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Victoria Holt Collection - Part 3 (1982-1992)

The Demon Lover (1982) Donada Peters
When Kate Collison, to help her ailing father, completes his portrait of the powerful Baron de Centeville, her only thought is to be a dutiful daughter. But when the Baron presents her to Parisian society as the painter, Kate finds herself basking in the recognition . . . until she discovers that the Baron has plans for her — shocking plans that will change her life unless she can fight the Baron with his own weapons . . .

The Time of the Hunter’s Moon (1983) do not have

The Landower Legacy (1984) Donada Peters
Green-eyed Caroline Tressidor has the whole world at her feet. But at Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, Caroline lets slip a secret. It is nearly fatal.
Caroline’s promising future dissolves without her knowing why. Her search for answers violates the iron rules of Victorian society. It takes her to the wild moors of Cornwall and pits her against her shy, pretty sister.
The Road to Paradise Island (1985) do not have
Secret for a Nightingale (1986) do not have

Silk Vendetta (1987) Eva Haddon
Amidst the lush romance of Victorian London, Florence, and Paris, a deadly family rivalry is born…

As long as she can remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont has lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither servant nor true member of the family, she has grown up under the protection of her Grand’mere—who designs the luxurious gowns for the family’s vast silk trade in the mansion’s attic rooms.

Lenore shows promise as a dress designer herself. But most important, she has won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons: Charles, handsome but cruel, and Philip, as kind-hearted as he is charming. But tragedy is ready to strike. Soon, Lenore finds herself playing a central role in a drama that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.

The India Fan (1988) Yvonne Fair Tessler (NLS/CNIB) 14hrs 15min
Drusilla Delaney, the daughter of an impoverished minister, becomes fascinated with the wealthy Framling family—especially with the son and daughter, the mysterious Fabian, and the beautiful, impetuous Lavinia. Through them, she finds herself the unlikely heir to an extraordinary bejeweled fan made of peacock feathers. But though priceless and dazzling to behold, the fan bears a curse that promises ill fortune—and even death—to whoever possesses it….

The Captive (1989) Donada Peters
Rosetta knew little of life beyond the schoolroom…until she found herself shipwrecked off the African coast. Saved from the raging seas by the ship’s handsome, mysterious deckhand, she soon discovered her hero was fellow-Londoner Simon Perrivale, an infamous fugitive accused of murder.

Her hopes of rescue were dashed when pirates abducted them…and the lovely fair-haired Rosetta was sold to a Turkish Pasha. Locked away in his harem, she would risk her life to save her virtue — and to unravel the mystery that had wrongfully imprisoned Simon.

But though she plotted her escape from the exotic Middle East to the elegant mansions of London, Rosetta was still bound by a consuming passion that would forever make her love’s captive..

Snare of Serpents (1990) Morag Hood – 13hrs - Chivers
Davina Glentyre’s happy young life in Edinburgh was shattered by her mother’s death and made even more unbearable by her father’s sudden marriage to her new governess. Her one joy was her friendship with a poor but charming student, Jamie, whom her father forbade her to wed. When her father suddenly died from arsenic poisoning, the means, motive, and opportunity all pointed to Davina herself. Alone, she escaped to the colonies in Africa. But with the Boer War came danger and the return of dark secrets from the past that threatened her reputation and her very life . . .

Daughter of Deceit (1991) Judy Bennett – 12hrs 44min
Noelle Tremaston’s charmed yet unconventional life as the daughter of the infamous Desiree, darling of the London stage, comes crashing to a halt when her mother takes in a struggling ingénue and disaster strikes. Noelle flees to Paris where, on the eve of World War I, a bizarre twist of fate will lead her into unsolved mysteries — and the arms of love.

Seven for a Secret (1992) Jill Ferris (NLS) – 11hs 50min
One of the best-selling names in romantic suspense delivers a strong new story of scandal, suicide and seduction. Young Frederica, after her mother’sw death is trying to adjust to her new home with her Aunt Sophie and school in Harper’s Green Wiltshire. But secrets and sensuality are starting to stalk her.

A Kirkus review - She will not learn for some time of the location, history, not to mention existence, of her father (of whom her mother had always refused to speak); but she will have other things on her mind. There are new friends–shy and timid Rachel, and naughty Tamarisk, daughter of the widowed Lady St. Aubyn and sister of handsome Crispin. Mysteries abound. Why is Rachel’s household so sad, and why is her father so scary? What is the secret held by demented Flora, former nursemaid of Crispin–a secret that an old rhyme reminds her is “never to be told”? There’s a terrible confrontation with Rachel’s father, a rescue by Crispin, and by the time the three girls reach their majority, the arising of all sorts of problems.. At the close, revelations and an all-consuming fire–a staple of romantic suspense novels. Holt’s 31st and reliable as ever–she hasn’t dropped one stitch.

The Black Opal (1993) her last book - do not have