Emerald
Ashfield, Helen
It was a man of careless morals and heartless lust who sullied the reputation of the lovely Emily Tregellan and forced her to flee her home on the Cornish coast -- into a life of a scullery maid. But her uncommon gift with a needle and thread were soon apparent to her kindly employer who established her among the local gentry as Madame Emerald, dressmaker to the aristocracy. In no time her fashions were all the rage, and fortune seemed to be smiling, especially in the eyes of the dashing young Viscount Asterly, who swept her off her feet. But an old disgrace quickly cast a new threat, and the man she now loved as much as life itself revealed a sudden violent temper that all but dashed her dearest hopes. Could fortune be so fickle -- or would Madame Emerald yet find her future the bright jewel she dreamed of?