title: Emerald Garden
author:  Andrea Kane 
description: Friends since childhood, Lady Brandice Townsend and Lord Quentin Steel naturally turn to each other for comfort when Brandi's father and Quentin's parents are killed in a coach accident. Even though Quentin has been away for four years in the navy, Brandi and Quentin find that they are still as comfortable with each other, and affectionate toward each other as they have always been. Perhaps more. But when it is discovered that their parents were murdered, Brandi and Quentin must put their new feelings for each other on hold until the murderer is revealed. Brandi was no more than a child when Quentin left home to fight Napoleon. But now she is a woman, a very beautiful woman, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by Quentin, or his brother Desmond who is now the new Duke of Colverton. But something unsettling occurred between Quentin's brother and their father shortly before the accident, and rumor has it that the Duke had planned to change his will. Did this have something to do with the murders, or was it Brandi's father and his financial situation? The mystery gets ever deeper, as do Brandi and Quentin's feelings for each other and soon it becomes a race against time to discover the murderer before Brandi becomes the next victim. While trying to discover the truth behind their beloved parents' death, Brandi and Quentin discover true depths of their feelings for each other, and come to know just how precious and enduring their love is. But another is waiting in the wings to destroy all they hold dear, and will stop at nothing to save himself from being discovered. Andrea's strength lies in her characters. Regardless of her setting, plot or time period, Andrea consistently delivers memorable individuals that remain with her readers, offering comfort, a laugh, or a sigh whenever they open the pages.With her writing, Andrea Kane brings to the world that which it is sorely lacking...tenderness, understanding, and of course love, the love that begins in the heart and grows to encompass the soul. Andrea Kane has the winning combination...imagination and talent! Emerald Garden once again proves why readers love Andrea Kane!Diane Potwin -- <i>Copyright  1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved</i> -- <i>From <a href="/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/literary-times.html/${0}">Literary Times</a></i>
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  "Quentin?" 'Brandi’s eyes widened with wonder.
  
  "What?" His fingers threaded through her hair, discovering its familiar
  texture for the first time, his entire frame of reference shattering and
  reshaping all at once. Nothing was as it had been, or perhaps it always had
  been and he'd just never seen it.
  
  His mouth found hers before he could think, before he could recognize the
  madness and resist it. "Sunbeam ..." His voice was hoarse, drugged with an
  incomprehensible yearning, and he pressed his mouth against hers again and
  again, until he knew his control was about to snap.
  
  Battling his way to sanity, Quentin forced himself to think about what was
  happening, to emerge from this staggering, mind-numbing inferno—before it was
  too late.
  
  "No . . . don't." Feeling Quentin's withdrawal, Brandi's arms tightened, and
  she shook her head, refusing to release him. "Don't pull away. You can't." Her
  