TARLETON’S WIFE,
a Regency-set Historical Romance

Purchase from Cerridwen Press

A statuesque daughter of the regiment makes a marriage of convenience which comes back to haunt her. Almost literally, as her supposedly dead husband returns . . . with a Spanish fiancée at his side. Winner, RWA’s Golden Heart. Winner, Best Romance from the Florida Writers’ Association

 

 

Review excerpts from original publication in 1999:

“Ms. Bancroft has a clear voice and the potential to be another Mary Jo Putney or Mary Balogh.”

Kathe Robin for Romantic Times

“A real historical novel, Tarleton’s Wife places the author in the ranks with Victoria Holt and a handful of other writers of romantic fiction that I have read, reread, and loved.”

Patricia White for Word Museum

“Tarleton’s Wife . . . is filled with action and emotion, and with well drawn, realistic characters headed by a strong, admirable and totally likable heroine. Every page has something happening in it, whether it’s a piece of history brought to life, or the development of the plot or its people. . . . The author has an extraordinary ability to bring her characters to life and to create a real world around them.”

Lily Martin for Romance Communications