Author Archive for victoriahoward

Ring of Lies

When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief…and panic.  Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace.
Or so she thought.
She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets:  an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious […]

Passionate Hearts Romance Anthology

Here is a short extract from my short story, Her Protector, now available in the Passionate Hearts Romance Anthology, published by Vanilla Heart Publishing and available from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk in print and ebook formats, and from all good bookstores.
Matt Hemmings had no problem following the tall, slender figure of Alexa McAllister, as she wove her […]

Three Weeks Last Spring by Victoria Howard

England April 1999
 

Skye Dunbar stood by the window, and looked out across the meadow as she waited for the transatlantic phone call to connect.  It had been a miserable weekend—dull, wet and cold—cold as the heart that beat inside her breast.  She glanced at her watch, and calculated the time difference; early morning in San […]

Anna MacDonald never felt so betrayed.
Not only had Mark, the Head of the English Department, given the job he’d promised her to someone else, but he hadn’t had the nerve to tell her himself.  But that was just like him.  He’d do anything to avoid confrontation.
What should she do?  Everyone in the department knew they’d […]