{"product_id":"the-pride-of-the-peacock-9781402277467","title":"The Pride of the Peacock","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman uncovers her family's dark secrets in this mystery and her connection to a famously cursed gemstone in this Victorian gothic thriller from an internationally bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo secure her inheritance, \u003cstrong\u003eJessica Clavering\u003c\/strong\u003e agrees to a marriage of convenience, but will her handsome new husband's desire for her ever surpass his obsession with a famously cursed opal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in the shadow of her family's financial ruin, Jessica has never felt as though she fit in. When her only friend, an elderly neighbor, offers her the chance at a new life, she's eager to take it. His only condition: she must marry her son, \u003cstrong\u003eJoss\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe newlyweds inherit a fabled opal mine in Australia. 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Fans of Susanna Kearsley, Daphne Du Maurier, and Kate Morton will be spellbound by classic story of an overseas voyage, a cursed opal, and forbidden desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Titles from Victoria Holt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe India Fan: \u003c\/strong\u003eDrusilla's glamorous neighbors gift her a priceless family heirloom--a beautiful fans with a terrible curse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shivering Sands: \u003c\/strong\u003eCaroline Verlaine's sister has gone missing and no one can tell her why. The only option is to go where Roma was last seen--an estate with a deadly history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Time of the Hunter's Moon: \u003c\/strong\u003e According to legend, a girl will see her future husband at the time of the hunter's moon. But when the handsome stranger revealed to Cordelia Grant disappears after an all-too-brief encounter, she has to wonder: Was he merely an apparition...or something more?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat readers are saying about The Pride of the Peacock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The heroine is adventurous, the hero is brooding, and \u003cstrong\u003ethe twists and turns \u003c\/strong\u003eof the story are unexpected, culminating in a surprise but satisfying ending.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's \u003cstrong\u003esuspenseful\u003c\/strong\u003e, full of relationship tales, uplifting, and \u003cstrong\u003eI had a hard time putting it down\u003c\/strong\u003e!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I couldn't put it down. 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I have \u003cstrong\u003eread it over and over\u003c\/strong\u003e again--along with every novel ever written by Victoria Holt!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat reviewers are saying about The Pride of the Peacock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The mysteries drew me in and kept me guessing right up to the end...\"--The Good, the Bad, and the Unread\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is just \u003cstrong\u003estory telling at its finest\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"--Romancing the Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat everyone is saying about the Queen of Gothic Romance Victoria Holt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Victoria Holt's writing is \u003cstrong\u003ecaptivating\u003c\/strong\u003e\"--Bookfoolery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She spins history with romance and intrigue and \u003cstrong\u003ealways leaves me wanting more\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Holt's stories are \u003cstrong\u003espell binding\u003c\/strong\u003e....page turners.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love her books! I have read all of them again and again. She is \u003cstrong\u003ea wonderful storyteller\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the supreme writers of gothic romance, a compelling storyteller whose \u003cstrong\u003egripping novels \u003c\/strong\u003ehave thrilled millions.\"--RT Book Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolt, Victoria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, better known to readers as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, and Jean Plaidy, was one of the world's most beloved and enduring authors. 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