Aunjel

by Patricia Hopper

Overview

Baltimore 1895

Aunjel's career at the Metropole Gentlemen's Club unravels when the singer injures a U.S. congressman with a near-fatal knife wound, after he drunkenly accosts her onstage. Her life spirals further downward from news that her mother is critically ill. Aunjel rushes to her mother's home at Stonebridge House, an estate owned by the O'Donovans in Maryland. Before her death, her mother confesses that Ellis, one of three O'Donovan brothers, now living in Ireland, is Aunjel's biological father. Left with no family and unable to return to Baltimore, Aunjel accepts Ellis O'Donovan's offer to become a governess to his granddaughter at Kilpara in Ireland. When an elusive enemy threatens the O'Donovan family, Ellis's daughter, Grace, suspects the new governess. Is Grace correct in her assumption, or are other forces seeking vengeance against the O'Donovans, and even Aunjel herself?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155835523
Publisher:	Patricia Hopper
Publication date:	10/04/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	367 KB

About the Author

Patricia Hopper Patteson is a native of Dublin, Ireland now living in West Virginia. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from West Virginia University (WVU) . She received honors from WVU such as the Waitman Barbe Creative Writing Award and the Virginia Butts Sturm Award. She received numerous awards from the West Virginia Writers’ competition. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in magazines, reviews, and anthologies. Her debut historical novel Kilpara about the O'Donovan family was published May 2015 by Bygone Era Books. The second novel in the series Corrib Red was published by Cactus Rain Publishing. The third novel in the series will be available October 8, 2018.