Of Gold & Blood mystery series

She’s a reclusive countess considering marriage to a former bad boy. He’s a senator with a dark past, ready to enjoy his golden years in peace. When blackmail threatens to expose his secrets, can their love withstand the storm?

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San Francisco, 1870. High society widow Elizabeth Westerhoven amazes herself by seriously considering marriage to a lifelong acquaintance, Hector de Vile, a former bad boy pirate trader, now a powerful Senator. Reclusive, charitable and wise, she’s tempted to re-enter society after years of preferring seclusion.

Once ruthlessly ambitious Senator Hector de Vile, his darkest secrets buried in the past, is looking forward to introducing Elizabeth, a woman he’s long admired, as his wife in Washington power circles.

But when a social climbing blackmailer threatens to reveal a close family secret and demands marriage as the price of her silence, Hector confronts an impossible choice.

Should he risk exposure and blow his recently reconciled family apart? Or stay silent, and publicly humiliate Elizabeth by marrying his courtesan blackmailer, sacrificing any hope of later-in-life love?

Can their odd couple romance survive the onslaught of secrets and lies, or will a combination of her trust and his cunning steer them to a safe haven?

Dangerous Desires is the riveting conclusion to the Of Gold & Blood historical mystery series. If you like conflicted heroes, shocking twists, and the atmospheric intrigue of Old California, then you’ll love Jenny Wheeler’s suspenseful tale of a man haunted by his past.

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