Knave of Hearts Author:Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt Lottie is extraordinarily beautiful. And illegitimate. The fruit of passion between her English mother and a wealthy and titled Frenchman... Now, years later, Lottie comes to her father's home, still a girl, but more a woman, with a woman's beauty and desires. Much more than the girl who left behind her beloved Dickon, whom she swore she... more » would never forget. Things are different in France. It is a whole new life for Lottie. Still, she cannot forget Dickon. Love isn't Lottie's only problem. Suddenly France is on the brink of revolution and eveyone is terrified. Lottie finds herself thrust into a tempest of events that not only alter her life, but change the course of history. Only a miracle can keep her from the destiny that madmen have decreed for her. A heritage of passion... A circle of deceit... An epic tale of love and intrigue... as the world bursts into flames....
Philippa Carr was a pen name of Elizabeth Alice Burford Hibbert (d. 1992), who also published as Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, and others.« less