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Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the suspicion that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D'Eresby flees her college teaching position in Maine to her hometown in England-- taking the mysterious seventeenth-century journal she stole from the college's archives with her.
Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter's sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before.
This finally spurs her into action and soon, when she finds what certainly must be a reference to Matthew in the journal, she begins to understand Matthew's profound secret.
But when Matthew arrives to confess his love for her, she must decide if she can trust him--and he must decide if he can share his extraordinary secret with her. Drawn by a deep connection that both feel but don't quite understand they find they must set aside their doubts and trust each other.
Readers will be thrilled by the second installment in The Secret of the Journal from British author C. F. Dunn. Mixing suspense, romance, and the supernatural, Death Be Not Proud explores the profound moral implications of a life seemingly invulnerable to time.
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Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the discovery that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D'Eresby flees the university college in Maine to her home town in England. Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter's sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before, and she concludes that Matthew must be hiding a profound secret. Spurred into action, she traces Matthew's family name back, making a startling discovery - that Matthew was betrayed during the English Civil War where a clash with his uncle left him fighting for his life. But instead of dying he not only lived, but persisted, growing steadily in strength and surviving events that would have killed any other man. But Matthew also has the memories, and baggage, that come with his longevity ...
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'"It would be so easy just to stay there, submerged and warm where the world couldn't touch me and I would't have to face tomorrow, or the next day, or the next. So easy. To let go. Painless. Quick."'
Following the vicious attack that nearly killed her and reeling from the discovery that mysterious Matthew Lynes - the man with whom she has inadvertently and irresistibly fallen in love - is lying, historian, Emma D'Eresby flees the college in Maine for her ancient home town in England. With her she carries a precious Seventeenth-century journal and the secrets bound within its pages. Once home, she comes to terms with a shattering revelation, and, just when she thinks she has the answers, faces a future where past and present collide.
Set in England and in Maine, USA and steeped in history and atmosphere, Death Be Not Proud - the second book of The Secret Of The Journal series - continues the romantic mystery begun in Mortal Fire as Emma and Matthew reveal the turbulent truth of his past.
'Dunn vividly evokes a range of characters and the tense and tender relationships between them.' Fay Sampson, award-winning author, The Hunted Hare.
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