Rescued by the Brooding Tycoon

A book in the Falcon Dynasty series, 2011

Dear Reader,

Years ago, “family” suggested a gathering of relatives living in or near the same place, certainly the same country. But as travel speeded up, the world grew smaller, and a family could be spread over great distances.

This has been useful to Amos Falcon, a man who believes in doing what suits himself. Starting poor, he pursued his dream of wealth through many countries, fathering sons in England, America, France and Russia.

In his eyes they were all his property. With a great fortune to distribute in his will, he studied them, wanting to see in each one a reflection of himself.

In a sense he found this. They all had their father’s determination, skill, money-making ability and, when necessary, ruthlessness. But they also had qualities their father lacked. Some were gentle or generous, some had charm and each of them was waiting for the woman who could bring out his true nature.

Darius, the eldest, seemed most like his forbidding father, but his startling encounter with Harriet, an impudent young woman, turned his world upside down. Unlike most people, she wasn’t afraid of him, and when she saved his life, it was the harbinger of another rescue-when she would save his heart and soul, and keep him safe forever.

On their wedding day, Darius’s brothers gathered, knowing that if they, too, were lucky, the same day would dawn for them. Their stories have yet to be told.

I don’t think I’ve ever liked one of my own heroines better than Harriet. Right to the end I was cheering her on, hoping that Darius would turn out to be good enough for her. But she thinks he is, and that’s what really matters.

Lucy