Description

Jennifer Blake, whose last novel, Tender Betrayal, appeared on every major bestseller list within two weeks after being released, is the author of this thrilling new historical romance. Julia Dupre was once the proudest beauty of the New Orleans social circuit and known as a belle all over the state. With her flowing blonde tresses and piercing amber eyes, she commands the hearts of men to bow before her, despite her indifference to their flattery. But Captain Rudyard Thorpe is a different sort of man than she is used to...his arrogant self-confidence angers her, his disrespectful impertinence enrages her...yet he is the one man who understands the storms that rage inside her. Drawn into nefarious plotting with the Captain, whom she so despises, she winds up a penniless orphan and is forced to wed him against her will. Their passionate relationship escalates, leading her into a life of danger and decadence. But to quiet the conflict within her, she is forced to admit the feelings in her own heart.

Praise for The Storm and the Splendor

"Blake's style is as steamy as a still July night on the bayou, as overwhelmingly hot as Cajun spice"
— Chicago Tribune

"Readers of the genre will revel in Blake's latest historical romance."
—Publishers Weekly

"Blake is a skilled writer ... Romantic scenes that are marvelously effective."
— New Orleans Times-Picayune

Extended Copyright Information

Copyright 1979 by Patricia Maxwell.

Originally published by Fawcett.

A DailyLit Edition in association with E-Reads.

All rights reserved.

About the Author

Jennifer Blake has been called the Steel Magnolia of women's fiction and a "legend of the genre." She is a seventh

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For my mother, who taught me to love reading, and for my father, who never had a chance to be a journalist.
Julia Marie Dupré paused in the doorway and looked back. The light of a girandole attached to the wall beside the doorframe caught her in its flickering rays, giving her the look of a ...

Copyright

Copyright Patricia Maxwell 1979

All Rights Reserved.