Louisa Drayton has hit upon the perfect plan to save her brother’s only child from being given to a wealthy and lecherous Viscount to pay her Mama’s debts. She will masquerade as her elderly aunt, the Dowager Duchess of Roth. Plagued by fortune hunters and a whining Marquess, Louisa is young, wealthy, and unmarried. A terrible burden that she fears will hamper Beth’s efforts. With her father lost during the war, Beth has no one to champion her but Louisa.

Louisa launches Beth into society with the help of her aunt’s friends in the ton. But there are two wild cards that she does not count upon. Lord Devon Stanton, who steals her heart and a wily thief after a treasure he believes she possesses.

Joye Ames is the pseudonym for husband and wife writing partners Joyce and Jim Lavene. The Lavene’s have forty novels to their credit and a wide array of non-fiction articles and short stories. They are active in local and national writer’s groups where they lecture and give workshops on the craft of writing. They live in North Carolina with their three children, two grandchildren, and assorted cats, dogs, computers, and herbs. They welcome readers to their website at www.joyceandjimlavene.com. The Dowager Duchess is their first Historical Romance for Avalon.


Avalon Romances by Joye Ames (pseudonym):
MADISON'S MIRACLES
THE DOWAGER DUCHESS
SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME
IF NOT FOR YOU
A TIME FOR LOVE
ONLY YOU

Avalon Mysteries by Joyce and Jim Lavene:

The Sharyn Howard Mystery Series
BEFORE THE LAST LAP
LAST ONE DOWN
LAST RITES
GLORY'S LAST VICTIM
LAST FIRES BURNING
DREAMS DON'T LAST
FOR THE LAST TIME
UNTIL OUR LAST EMBRACE
THE LAST TO REMEMBER
ONE LAST GOOD-BYE
LAST DANCE