I love the Cynster novels and have read most of them. I had really high expectations when I started reading this one, but the Cynster family was not present for much of the book. Not one of the best I have read as it really drug in places, but overall a good book.
Stephanie Laurens writes great romance books, and this is no exception. This is another of the Cynster family books. They are very intertaining.
An excellent series...Gerrard's story
Bold, passionate and possessive, the Cynster men let nothing stand in their way when it comes to claiming the women of their hearts.....

Barbara C. (
kewl) wrote on 12/2/2006...
Historical romance from New York Times best-selling author
Dashing Gerrard Debbington is an acclaimed landscape painter, Lord Vane Cyster's protégé, and the ton's most eligible bachelor. All he lacks is the chance to paint the beautiful, unusual gardens at Hellebore Hall, the Cornwall home of reclusive Lord Tregonning. One day, the opportunity drops in his lap—so long as he agrees to also paint a portrait of Lord Tregonning's daughter. Reluctant to spend months in the company of a vapid society chit, Gerrard almost refuses, but the lure of the gardens proves too strong. At Hellebore Hall, Gerrard discovers that he's in deeper than he bargained for. Jacqueline, Lord Tregonning's daughter, is a remarkable young woman, and she inspires both his artistic passion and his love. She is also widely suspected to be the cause of two deaths: that of her former fiancé, who disappeared two years before, and her mother, who mysteriously fell to her death into the brooding Garden of Night. Lord Tregonning, convinced that a good portrait portrays the true nature of its subject, believes that Gerrard's depiction of Jacqueline will prove his daughter's innocence. So who is the real killer?

Dorcas M. (
dormet) wrote on 8/17/2006...
Another Cynster tale from this author's collection of stories about this family. This is a good one!
Gerrard Debbington, Vane Cynster's brother-in-law, is one of London's most eligible gentleman. Uninterested in marriage, his driving passion is to paint the fabled gardens of Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall-an opportunity that is now at hand... if Gerrard agrees to paint Tregonning's daughter.