Heroine: Sophie Lawrance knows passionate love doesn’t always conquer all. It certainly didn’t help her in the past, when she felt it her duty to refuse her heart. Instead of fighting for her, her lover ran away. And it definitely can’t help her now that she is in the middle of a blackmail scheme meant [...]
Keira: Was Sophie Lawrance inspired just the tiniest bit by Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen’s Persuasion? Cara Elliott: Ha! It’s so interesting that you should ask that! Anne Elliot and Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice are my co-favorite Austen heroines. And while at first blush they may appear to be very different, [...]
by Keira on May 29, 2012 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, ARC, Blackmail, Business, Cross-Dressing Female, D-F, Dukes and Earls, Gambling, Great Britain, Mystery, Regency, Travel, Working with Land
Hero: The Earl of Killingworth, Connor Linsley, is not your usual Earl of the Realm. He works for a living earning money from his gambling den and brothel that carters to men of the peerage. He hides this fact from others by pretending to be just any other high roller in the establishment. Like any [...]
