The House of a Thousand Lanterns"ONE OF VICTORIA HOLT'S INCOMPARABLE AND INIMITABLE STORIES . . . FASCINATING . . . KEEPS ONE GUESSING TO THE VERY END." --Best Sellers It was the house she had dreamed of since childhood . . . the house where her worst nightmares were about to come true. . . . The House of a Thousand Lanterns. Jane Lindsay never dreamed she would be wealthy. Nor that she would fall in love with a man she could not trust. Against the background of nineteenth- century England and Hong Kong, Victoria Holt unfolds the story of a young Englishwoman who found a strange new world . . . . "Devoted readers of fiction come to expect quality storytelling from certain writers. Victoria Holt is one of those who never disappoints her fans." --Nashville Banner |
Contents
ROLANDS CROFT | 9 |
THE WOMAN IN THE PARK | 77 |
THE CONVENIENT MARRIAGE | 111 |
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