Books By Leigh Maynard
Driven by Despair
Connected modern gothic romances with shared characters and overlapping worlds. Each book tells a complete love story and can be read as a standalone.
Edge of Woods Road
A dark, modern gothic reimagining of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Half-frozen and injured, the Woman in the Woods takes shelter in an isolated cabin with no memory of who she is or how she got there. When Baer returns home and finds her in his bed, suspicion quickly gives way to something far more dangerous.
As the storm closes in, so do the secrets neither of them is ready to face.
Driven by Despair, Book One
An abandoned Art Deco hotel. Forty-two locked rooms. And a man determined to bury his past.
When antique dealer Arla Winters gets two weeks to inventory an abandoned Art Deco hotel, she thinks the job could save her struggling business. Instead, she finds forty-two rooms of untouched treasures, footsteps on an empty third floor, and a man determined to keep the Hotel Marrow’s secrets buried.
Some places aren’t abandoned. They’re lying in wait.
Driven by Despair, Book Two110 King Street
The Astoria Trilogy
One sweeping modern gothic romance told across three books. Follow Greer and Jace’s story from the beginning, starting with Richmond House.
Richmond House
After her mother’s death, Greer Richmond travels to her family’s Victorian mansion outside Astoria, determined to uncover the past her mother fought to keep hidden. There she meets Jace Blackwell, her grandfather’s gritty, irresistible hired hand—and discovers that Richmond House holds far darker secrets than she imagined.
The closer Greer gets to the truth, the more she risks losing everything she thought she knew.
Astoria Trilogy, Book One
Seven years after swearing she’d never return, Greer inherits Richmond House and finds herself drawn back into her family’s unfinished history. When her search for answers leaves her accused of a crime she didn’t commit, the one person she can turn to is Jace—the man she left behind.
He’s built a life without her. But keeping Richmond House from swallowing Greer whole may change everything.
Astoria Trilogy, Book TwoRichmond’s Fall
Richmond’s Legacy
After narrowly escaping death, Greer returns to Richmond House determined to finish what she started and finally uncover the truth about her family. But secrets between her and Jace have left their relationship fractured just when she needs him most.
As the past closes in around them, Greer refuses to back down—and Jace will do whatever it takes to give her the future Richmond House has always threatened to steal.
Astoria Trilogy, Book Three
Astoria TrilogySpecial-Edition
Hardcover Omnibus
This special-edition hardcover contains all three Astoria Trilogy novels in a single volume.
