Love is the Key

Love is the Key is #84 in the Camfield series and was published in August 1990. Minerva Linwood's brother loses their home to the Earl of Gorleston in a game of chance. She devises a plot to save it, but gets caught up in another plot against the Earl himself. Can she save her home and find love in the bargain? This cover is done by an unknown artist. Our heroine wears Victorian dress and has her hair styled from that time period. The loud shawl she has thrown on her shoulders almost looks like a blanket from the back of a couch! She and the hero seem to be urgently conversing. I think the colors used here are almost jarring against each other, which brings me back to the odd shawl!!

 

BC.com is using the cover of Love Leaves at Midnight https://barbaracartlandbooksandcoverart.blogspot.com/2009/09/ for this novel. This is a Francis Marshall cover. Not sure why they are using different cover art unless the original is unavailable.