The House of Kuragin — Constance Heaven

A swirling novel of danger and passion in Russia under the Czar. Stunning, swashbuckling, romantic!

Sweeping from the gambling hells of St. Petersburg to the opulent ballrooms of Russian country estates, here is a powerful tale of desire and betrayal woven from the glittering fabric of pre-Revolutionary Russian life protagonized by the young Amarylis.

"Welcome to Russia, Miss Weston!"

But lovely young Rilla Weston felt no warmth of welcome as she arrived at the magnificent estate of Count Dmitri Kuragin. Rilla had traveled all the way from London to be governess to the six-year-old Kuragin heir. Soon, however, she discovered that she was marked for a far more perilous role amid the icy whirlwind of illicit passion, intrigue and violence that was bringing ruin to -- THE HOUSE OF KURAGIN