Family Portrait

ISBN 1-57343-040-4 (Paperback)
ISBN 1-57343-039-0 (Ebook)

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Lady Amelie Wainwoode's secret identity is secure until the arrival of the scandalous Lord Stratfield. Determined to protect her good name and clandestine art career she counters his blackmail. Now she must leave the sanctuary of her aunt's home in London for his Lake District estate at White Ash to fulfill the bargain. Her presence unveils more than the hushed history which binds their families.

David Ambrose, Lord Stratfield, has endured deceit, censure and scandals. Even so, he does not hesitate to manipulate rumors of his disreputable behavior to his best advantage. He gives the daughter of the man he loathed for years no choice—comply with his plans and accept his terms or he will expose and ruin her.

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Book Reviews

Affaire de Coeur - Five Stars
Layer upon layer of secrets skillfully unfold like a rose opening to the sun. Here is a new author with a great grasp of the Regency period who tells a fascinating romantic tale in a magnificent Regency voice. You leap from page to page in a desire to know more. It is such a pleasure to find a new author you know you will treasure in the years to come. Sharon Sobel is a writer to savor. Thank you Sharon for such a delightful read.

Sime~Gen / Nan Doporto- Five Stars
Plain and simply put, it was blackmail that brought Lady Amelie Wainwood to the Lake District. She had a secret to protect, one that would destroy her family and her good name. David Ashworth, the scandelous Lord Stratfield, used his knowledge to force Amelie to come to his family estate, White Ash. Possessing a sulleyed reputation himself, he was not above using his considerable charm and secrets to get his way. His piece of knowledge now had Amelie at his mercy, and she would do as he wanted.

Family Portrait is a delightful and richly told Regency, Sharon Sobel's characters are both subtle and more than they first seem. Her tale delivers unexpected twists making this a delightful long length Regency romance. Family secrets, and family talent, become neatly interwoven to make devious plot devices adding to the total reading enjoyment. Ms. Sobel has a unique voice when it comes to writing, one that draws you in for a compelling read. Check out the handsome historical hero on the cover, too.

What Readers Are Saying

"It kept me up all night! A wonderful story with eloquent style and graceful characters." Ann Vandeventer

Sharon Sobel
A writer for most of her life, Sharon Sobel is the author of several novels, short stories, and works of fiction. She earned her PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is currently a professor of English at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut.

Business and pleasure have taken her and her husband, and their three children on travels throughout the world, where she does research for her writing. Other interests, include serving on the Board of Trustees of the local Historical Society, and the board of the newly-formed Connecticut and Lower New York (COLONY) Chapter of Romance Writers of America.

Though a native New Yorker, Sharon has lived with her family for almost twenty years in an eighteenth century Connecticut farmhouse, surrounded by stone walls, old plantings, and overgrown meadows. Her computer, somewhat newer than the antiques surrounding it, is rarely turned off.

Family Portrait, in its untried primary draft, was one of the first romance novels Sharon wrote. At the time, Lady Violet Stratfield seemed comfortably, joyfully, middle-aged to her. Now, somehow, the lady has become marvelously youthful and very wise.

Sharon loves to hear from readers, you can email her at srsobel@mail.com.