Gentrys of Paradise

1871 Born to privilege and duty, Olivia Gentry comes of age as women begin to find their social and political independence. The youngest child, and only daughter, of a successful Virginia family, she has been raised and educated to carry on the family horse breeding business with her brothers. Having been deceived in love as a young woman and unsure of her instincts, she is wary to commit to marriage, but she cannot deny her long-buried feelings for a family friend.Jim Somerset has been in love with Olivia Gentry from the moment she gazed up at him as a young girl. A farrier by trade like his father before him, and Olivia's brother's closest friend, he is inexorably entwined with the Gentry family. He has watched her be courted by statesmen and considers her and her goals out of the reach of a common workman. Can he purge Olivia from his mind and his heart? Or has the moment come for him to reveal his passion for her? Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. She worked in the hospitality industry, owning a restaurant for twenty years and recently worked as the sales and marketing director in the hospitality/tourism industry and is credited with building traffic to capacity for a local farm tour, bringing guests from twenty-two states, booked two years out. Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject.Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She has written four romance novels, all set in the U.S. West in the mid 1800's. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writer's group.Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior. Into the Evermore -1842 Eleanor McManus is rescued from kidnappers in the Virginia wilderness by Beauregard Gentry. Their marriage of convenience begins the story of a fabled Virginia family of horse breeders and their extraordinary children.For the Brave - 1869 Matthew Gentry roams the country long after the War Between the States is over, finding solace in the arms of soiled doves and at the bottom of whiskey bottles. Annie Campbell saves him from a flooded, river and from his own demons.For This Moment -1871 Wealthy, beautiful, and raised to carry on her family's successful business, Olivia Gentry still pines for a childhood love. Will her heart be broken again?For Her Honor - 1873 Emmaline Somerset is unmarried and expecting a child. Can family friend and heir to the Gentry holdings, Adam Gentry, save her from a life of embarrassment and loneliness?