Emily and the Dark Angel
by Jo Beverley
NAL Trade
Historical Romance
October 5, 2010
ISBN-10: 0451231252
ISBN-13: 9780451231253
Available in: Trade Size (reprint)
New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley “brings the Regency Period to life.” (Joan Hammond)
Emily Grantwich lives quietly with her crippled father and eccentric aunt, managing the family’s land, until the fateful day she walks down the main street of Melton Mowbray and is showered with Poudre de Violettes, thrown by a lady of loose morals at the handsomest man Emily has ever seen.
He is Piers Verderan, known by many as the Dark Angel. His friends lay the blame for his scandalous ways on his troubled past. No decent woman should be seen in his company, but Emily must dutifully manage her father's estate—which Verderan’s land adjoins.
Soon Emily learns that the Dark Angel is very dangerous, especially to her sanity and her heart...
Originally published April 1991 by Walker & Company in hardcover and June 1992 by Avon in mass market paperback.
Passed away May 23, 2016.
Jo Beverley is one the few authors writing English-set historical romance who is English. She was born and raised in England, and has a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire. She and her husband emigrated to Canada, but have now returned to England. They have two sons.
Though Jo started to write as a young child, it was only in the eighties that she began to think that it was something ordinary people could do, and after a talk at a local library, she settled to seriously writing her first historical romance.
Now, she is the author of over thirty romance novels and many novellas — see Jo Beverley’s booklist which have brought her many awards, including five RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America and awards from Romantic Times including two Career Achievement awards. She is a member of the RWA Honor Roll, and the RWA Hall of Fame.