A novel of the Fallen Angels - Covet - J. R. Ward

The Angel family has long been notorious for the wild blood that appears in each generation. And now it is divided by war - even as the country itself is riven between King and Parliament.Angel Rowan has a headstrong nature and a will to survive whatever the odds. When her beloved grandparents are murdered by a troop of Roundheads, she is determined they will be avenged and does everything in her power to help the cause of the King. But after being wounded in action - and losing her lover Prince Rupert to a rival - she escapes to Paris, determined to be recognised as an actress and playwright.Maressa Rowan is cold, calculating and beautiful. Though scores of suitors clamour for her hand, she chooses wealth and position - and Sir Henry Mortimer - before love. But she quickly finds how hollow is her Henry is a cruel libertine who sacrifices his wife's honour to pay his debts. Maressa vows that he will pay for every insult and abuse he has made her suffer.