Winterhall
THE END OF INNOCENCE

Born on the same day as Queen Victoria, eighteen-year old Julia Forrest led a sheltered life, free from the torments of the wicked world around her.  But when her mother was suddenly killed, the lovely young ingenue was cast into a sordid milieu of intrigue and deception.  For Julia discovered that her past had been an ingenious fiction created by her mother...that her present was threatened by murderous political radicals who hoped to use her for their own gain...and that any future she wished to have with the arrogant but devilishly handsome Philip Sommerville might end in violent death.  To free herself from the nefarious grasp of all those who would destroy her, Julia was forced to accompany Philip to the estate where all the lies had begun--the dark and mysterious...Winterhall.