The Romanov Legacy
by Marilyn Baron
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GENRE: Suspense/Thriller Historical Romantic Fiction
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BLURB:
Two women, centuries apart, and the secrets that bind them
Melody, a young single mother, discovers she’s descended from the last Tsar, Nicholas II. She becomes the best hope of a secret global society, Guardians of the Romanov Legacy, dedicated to restoring a Romanov to the throne of a New Russia. A diary and an heirloom necklace inherited from her murdered grandmother hold the key to her identity and to the location of the Tsar’s lost shipment of gold.She must accept the sacrifices her birth demands and trust the machinations of the estranged father of her child. To refuse means turning her back on her heritage, her daughter’s legacy, and the long line of her family’s women who were keepers of the secret. Will her longing for true love have world-changing consequences?
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EXCERPT
A tiny tear slipped down her cheek. But that was as far as she would display her
emotions. She held her head up regally. After all, she was an Empress. She was
determined to die with dignity. She wondered if Marie Antoinette had held her
head high before it was unceremoniously severed and dropped into a basket.
“There won’t be a last-minute reprieve if that’s what you’re thinking,” warned
Miss Cormier.
Would they actually go through with it? Would they really execute her in cold
blood like they did the Tsar and his family? She was terrified they would. She
could hear the sound of her heartbeat amplified. She was having a full-blown
panic attack. She couldn’t breathe. She feared she would die of fright before
they had the chance to cut her down in a hail of bullets.
Miss Cormier lifted her hand to give the command. Hatred flared in her eyes.
What had she done to deserve the woman’s anger? Fallen in love? Then the guards
raised their rifles in unison to open fire. She closed her eyes tightly so they
couldn’t see the hope fade from her face. She couldn’t bear to confront her own
mortality. She held her breath.
Then she heard the bullets ping. Where was she hit? How long would it take to
die? She hoped it would be over soon. She sagged in her chair, mercifully
blacking out.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Marilyn decided to become a writer when she read Little House on the Prairie by
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her first short story was The Gold Lace Dress. She wrote
her first book, East West Island, in grade school. It featured all of the
children in her third-grade class and her teacher read it to the students in
installments during class every day. She wrote and directed her first play at
age 13, starring her brother and sisters and some of the neighborhood kids. The
show raised money for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Marilyn is a public relations consultant in Atlanta, a PAN member of Romance
Writers of America (RWA) and Georgia Romance Writers (GRW) and winner of the GRW
2009 Chapter Service Award. She is also a member of Atlanta Writers Club.
Marilyn was past chair of the Roswell Reads steering committee and serves on the
Atlanta Authors committee. She writes in a variety of genres from humorous
women’s fiction, historical romantic thrillers, romantic suspense and
paranormal/fantasy. She loves to travel and often sets books in places she’s
visited.
She was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated from The University of Florida in
Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Public
Relations) and a Minor in English (Creative Writing). Go Gators! She lives in
Roswell, Georgia, with her husband, and she spends a lot of time hovering over
her two wonderful daughters.
Website: http://www.marilynbaron.com/
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Baron/e/B008PJFQPC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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