The Crystal Rose by Rebecca Brandewyne Rose Windermere is taken back to her idyllic childhood in India when she receives a mysterious letter from a stranger. As her past comes unimaginably alive, she becomes caught up in a web of deceit and intrigue, where she must unravel the strange machinations of a man whose lust for power will threaten a monarchy-and Rose's own heart. Indiscretions by Gail Ranstrom Daphne had sacrificed everything to remain unknown in her tropical paradise. But if Lord Lockwood recognised the woman who had fled England with a crime on her conscience, nothing could keep her safe. Even the thought of future punishment could not dampen present desire. Lockwood's lips reawakened the passionate woman she had once been. What harm, Daphne reasoned, could come from one stolen kiss?