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In this sleek romantic suspense, set in Italy and other international settings, renowned Renaissance art restorer Emily Greene barely escapes a killer who breaks into her Florence apartment, and she can’t figure out why the international terrorist cell Black Rose seems to want her dead.

Set in small-town Maine, this dark psychological suspense delves into the secrets that have tortured and destroyed three generations of the Chambers family. Haunted by a hidden act of betrayal, adultery and murder that took place thirteen years ago, thirty-something artist Ellen Chambers suffers in silence day by day, watching her teenage daughter and beloved husband drift ever farther away.

This is one of the annotations I've done as part of my academic research for my MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from the Stonecoast MFA program.  You're welcome to use the material with attribution.  Please let me know if it proves helpful!

A Critical Analysis of JANE EYRE and its Deviations from the Modern Romance Novel

In this historical romance set in Victorian England, widowed lady Judith Chester is only looking for diversion when she begins a liaison with cynical viscount Gideon Warton.  After surviving an abusive marriage, she swears she’ll never lose her heart again, while Gideon—whose brief marriage made him a public joke—knows he must marry a far more suitable woman this time than the scandalous w