A Deadly Provenance: A Second Love Gothic Romance

By Joanna A. McKethan

A beauty scorned. A mysterious count. Where healing relics and old-school Nazis collide, can budding love thwart death?Southern magnolia Lexi Sewell was content in her safe little world. But when her husband is offered an embassy post that takes them to Germany, she's thrilled to enter the exciting world of international intrigue. Yet his in-her-face dalliances break her heart until she's all too ready to fall into the arms of a handsome stranger.Jon von Ost is a recent divorcé himself who marshals his protective instincts against the appalling treatment of the lovely lady by her husband at his castle spa. Propelled to rise to the occasion, he wields his sword to save the exotic flower and pluck her for himself.Surrounded by a strange cast of émigrés, the Belle quickly surrenders to the nobleman's charms. But as their romance grows in the shifting shadows soulless eyes seek an elusive prize. Lexi meets danger when a religious empire greedily grabs a relic of healing power. Her own home filled with unwelcoming relatives turns threatening when death comes stalking.Will their perilous journey result in eternal passion or despair and death?A Deadly Provenance, A Second Love Gothic Romance, is a handpicked Haunted Hearts' prizewinner of St. Martin's Press Editor Rose Hilliard. If you like spirited heroines, Nazi intrigue, and relics with supernatural powers, then you'll love Joanna A. McKethan's riveting saga of Gothic suspense.Buy A Deadly Provenance to discover the darker thrills of romance today!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940132266
• ISBN13: 9781940132266
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Joanna A. McKethan
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"