Necklace trilogy

"Knowing that she alone can protect her sister from Baron Harwood, their lecherous stepfather, Victoria Temple Whiting snatches the family's heirloom necklace believed to hold the power to bring great happiness or terrible tragedy to pay for their escape to London. Once there, Victoria poses as Tory Temple and finds employment as a servant in the household of handsome Cordell Easton, the scandalous Earl of Brant."--Back cover.

When he discovers that he was tricked into believing that the woman he loved, Danielle Duval, betrayed him, Rafael follows her to America, forces her to marry him, and gives her a necklace rumored to right the wrongs of the past.