The year is 1897. Inevitability comes calling to the Washington, D. C. home of Sir Ian Hargrove, his wife, Elsbeth, and their daughter, Arielle, in this debut historical romance novel by Maryland writer, Sharon Allen Gilder. Life's ambiguities and long-held secrets converge to embrace the power of the individual and test the resilience of relationships. A long-buried indiscretion melded with misplaced devotions threatens the stability of the Hargrove family and tests the strength of their bond. One woman, Alexandra Whitaker, is hell-bent on sabotaging their foundation as the tumultuous mix of...

Mystery, old family secrets, misaligned love, and loss collide with inevitability in this sequel to Sharon Allen Gilder's novel, The Rose Beyond. Vivid characters with ties to England and Wales abound in Beyond the Rose, a romantic historical novel set in 1898 in Washington, D.C. Beyond the Rose blooms with the perils of unrequited love while a labyrinth of lies and secrets threaten to destroy the household of forbidding patriarch Sir Ian Hargrove, his wife Elsbeth, and their daughter Arielle. Immerse yourself in the Hargrove's ongoing saga where the bonds of love and family, entwined in...