![]() However, it’s soon apparent that someone is intent on ensuring their married life is cut short in deadly fashion. Consequently, he is not averse to the path fate seems to be steering them down.Īnd, indeed, as they discover, enforced separation has made their hearts grow fonder, and the attraction between them flares even more intensely. He had assumed that, by now, Melissa would be married to someone else, but apparently not. Now, having inherited the earldom, he must marry and is determined to choose his own bride. Within 24 hours, she and Julian are the newly engaged toast of the ton. She seizes the first chance that offers to flee, only to discover that she has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Then she sees Julian across a crowded ballroom, and he sees her, and the intensity of their connection shocks her. Unfortunately, during the intervening years, she has failed to find any suitable suitor who measures up to her mark, and she is resigned to ending her days an old maid. Melissa North had assumed that after eight years of not setting eyes on each other, her youthful attraction to - or an infatuation with - Julian Delamere, once Viscount Dagenham and now earl of Carsely, would have faded to nothing and gasped its last. But as they unravel the mystery of the missing orphans, they uncover a trail leading to the upper echelons of society and a ruthless and clever criminal adept at pulling strings who, becoming aware of them and their efforts, is only too ready to destroy all they hold dear, including their newfound understanding of the intrigues of the human heart.What happens when a love left behind doesn’t die? Enlisting the aid of Inspector Basil Stokes of the fledgling Scotland Yard, they infiltrate the streets of London's notorious East End. And as he's in dire need of an excuse to avoid said insipid misses, he accepts her challenge, never dreaming she and it will consume his every waking hour. Her bold beauty and undeniable brains make a striking contrast to the usual insipid ton misses. ![]() Barnaby is intrigued-both by her problem and her. ![]() Throwing caution to the wind, defying every rule for unmarried ladies, she appears on his doorstep late one night determined to recruit his talents. Despite his skills-or perhaps because of them-he makes Penelope distinctly uncomfortable, but the stakes are too grave. His pedigree, relentless intelligence, and discretion make him a deadly avenger in an elegant guise. Handsome scion of a noble house, Adair has made a name for himself in certain circles where his powers of observation and deduction have seen him solve several serious and unsavory crimes within the ton. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man she knows who might help her-Barnaby Adair. But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Yet Penelope is anything but a pretty face in a satin gown-forceful, willful, and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to caring for the forgotten orphans of London's sooty and seamier streets. Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantage-wealth, position, and beauty. ![]() and Laurens pulls back the curtain that has hidden it from us-until now. But outside that glittering circle lay another world. especially the exclusive enclave of luxury in which the aristocracy lived in wealth and comfort. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens knows the world of Regency London. ![]()
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