With the death of Governor Coleridge, James Frasier finds himself thrust into the middle of a trial that took place forty-two years before. A trial that solidified his reason for hating women. He learns about a vow spoken in rage in the courtroom as court officials ushered the person out with his family along with the woman he would never again call mother. Captain Rodgers heads the police investigation. He runs into dead ends. Kidnapping. Murder. Attempted murder. Where will it lead? Is anybody safe in the Vendetta vowed in the courtroom forty-two years before? Valerie Routhieaux is the author of Thread of Evidence, the first book in the Island Paradise two-book series. Valerie also authored the four-book Colonial America historical fiction series, and Legacy. She has three adult children, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Valerie is an active member of Green Bay Writer’s Guild.
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Arleigh Hamilton is the new owner of Hamilton Island. Her life is full of frustration. Her late uncle’s penchant for riddles, his feud with her father, and an unbreakable contract with the family who manages the estate leave her with more questions than answers. An uncle she didn’t know becomes the most important figure in her life.
Bradley ‘Brad’ Nichols is the manager of Daniel Hamilton’s estate and lets the new owner know she needs to prove herself capable of being the owner of her uncle’s large holdings and worthy of the legacy left to her. Arleigh understood rejection and hate. Could she find acceptance on Hamilton Island through an inheritance from an uncle she never knew? Would she find the love of family she never felt? Could she forgive her father for treating her like a stranger instead of a daughter? Would she prove herself to Brad Nichols? Vincenzi Clothiers, is a leading manufacturer in the fashion industry, with designs sought from around the world. However, Vincenzi Clothiers finds itself the victim of Industrial Sabotage. Jim Frasier is the supervisor of Vincenzi Clothiers with a huge dislike of women, firing secretaries almost as soon as they’re hired. Mr. Leonardo Vincenzi, the owner of Vincenzi Clothiers, takes on the responsibility of hiring a secretary for Jim, whom he cannot fire, but must make a way to work with her. Claudia Peterson is the secretary Mr. Vincenzi hires with a one-year contract. Claudia is a woman of strong faith and vows to do her job to the best of her ability. Not an easy task when Jim tells her she is to be seen and not heard, and go wherever he goes, and be available at all times. Incidents of sabotage and being Jim’s secretary make Claudia’s job stressful and dangerous. Because of the strict laws of the island, Jim and Claudia find themselves bound in marriage, not something either of them want, but a situation neither of them can get out of. Who is behind the sabotage? Will Jim learn to work with his secretary, and will Claudia find the reason Jim hates women? Biography Valerie Jean Routhieaux is the author of the four-book Colonial America series. Valerie received a diploma from the Institute in Children’s Literature. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and is the mother of three adult children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Valerie is also an active member of Green Bay Writer’s Guild. Curiosity tore ten-year-old Judith MacDonald from the arms of her family into an adventure that would take her to the far reaches of the world, and span ten years of her life. Judith, under the protection of Benny Harrison and Jabari, who rescue her from the middle of a pirate fight in Amsterdam, finds herself captured by Barbary pirates and the property of Sultan Ismail Hassan. Armed with a faith in God, instilled in her by her parents and grandparents, she faces the ultimate test of her faith, as she finds herself forced to renounce her faith and take up the teachings of Islam, which she refuses to do. Judith’s journey home takes her from Amsterdam to the South China Sea. Everywhere she sets foot, a battle for survival takes place as she is hunted down by the Hassan family from which Benny and Jabari rescue her many times to find her one last time in the hands of Sultan Mehmed Hassan, son of Sultan Ismail Hassan, as he keeps her out of reach of her family. Looming on the horizon is war with Great Britain, as the British American Colonies face a war for their independence. Not only does Judith’s family need to find her and bring her home, they need to do so before war breaks out and they find themselves in even greater danger from British ships. Freedom’s Cry is a story of freedom, not only for Judith MacDonald, but for the British American Colonies who hope to gain their independence from Great Britain. Freedom's Cry is the fourth and last book in the Colonial America Series. Published October 2017 Only known as Cassie until her birth documents show otherwise, Cassie Thorngate sets out to find her father and learn why she was left as an orphan in a parsonage for eighteen years. Stowing away on her father's ship against his wishes, and that of the grandmother and aunt she never knew, she worked alongside the crew as the cabin boy and ship's steward until two passengers saw through her disguise as a young lad and molested her. Robert (Rob) MacDonald is the first mate aboard the Sea Hawk when his captain learned he had a daughter and found he was more than interested in her. When Cassie was molested, he sought her father's permission to marry. Cassie's battle with her fears and people in general leave her traumatized and facing an uncertain future. When battles with pirates and the French due to the Seven Year's War threaten to overwhelm her, Cassie must learn to trust someone. Can Cassie accept he love offered to her and come to terms with what happened? Stowaway is book 3 in the Colonial America Series Published 2014 Ship designer and captain, Gareth Taliesin, must find a wife and have a family within seven years or lose the partnership and shipping business in Delaware Colony. Time has almost run out when Ainsley MacPherson of Aberdeen, Scotland, finds herself bound in marriage as the ill-fated result of a game of cards between her father and Gareth Taliesin. Gareth and Ainsley are plunged into the dangers awaiting them from pirates on the high seas. And in Delaware Colony women are missing. Would Ainsley be among them? Gareth's good friend, Captain David Alexander, and his family help solve the mystery behind the missing women and the pirate attacks, but at what cost to Gareth and Ainsley, and the villagers of Lewes, Delaware. Manifest Destiny is book two in the Colonial America Series. Published 2013 Jo-Ann Carter is a disillusioned young woman who decides the best thing for her is to leave. Leave school, where she has been for seven years since the tragic death of her parents, which left her an orphan at the age of ten. Leave England and a society that forgot about her. Leave everything she knows, except her best friend, who insists on going with her-plunging them both into the dangers found on the high seas, with pirate battles, slave markets, and the hardships found in Colonial America. Quentin Alexander, Earl of Thurgarton, learns he is Jo-Ann's guardian through a message from the headmistress of the school she attended. With permission from the Crown, he determines to bring Jo-Ann and her companion back to England. Both Jo-Ann and Quentin are determined on seeing their objectives met: she to stay in the Colonies, and he to take her back. Who will win the battle of wills, and at what cost? Scarred is the first book in a four book Colonial America series Published 2012, 2016, 2017 |
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