NEW BOOK: VERBAL SPARS, SUSPENSE
He was a fribble, philanderer, rogue—or was he?
Redeeming a rake is not easy unless he has reformed, or has a hidden purpose for his behavior. Unmasking the Marquess is about two ducal offspring who obey their powerful sires and marry, even though they despise each other, or, as they will discover, they despise what their new spouses supposedly represent.
This is the second book in the Heirs and Graces series but can be read as a standalone. I hope you enjoy it.
Here’s the official description:
Aubrey St. Clair, Marquess of Leisterbridge, a notorious rake and society fribble, abandons his bride on their wedding night to spite his father, the man who coerced him into the marriage. When his intrepid bride turns up at his personal estate to quash the scandal, they call a truce and finally get to know each other.
Lady Catherine Sturbridge considered ending her betrothal. But a threatening letter sent to her by a convicted criminal whom she chanced upon in London, changed her mind. Marrying the powerful Duke of Gresham’s heir would keep her loved ones safe, even if she must tie herself to a frivolous rogue.
When, despite her silence, her enemy abducts her godchild, Catherine is forced to confide in her husband who agrees to help her. But can she trust him to know what to do when a child’s life is at stake and they’ve been warned not to go to go the authorities?
As they work closely together, they succumb to the passionate side of their marriage. But Catherine is wary, despite finding a different man under the guise of a society dandy, and when Aubrey reveals a long-held secret, she must protect her heart because betrayal is the enemy of trust and their fragile, new-found love is about to shatter.
If you want to visit Aubrey’s scandalous past, you can visit him in Scandal’s Deception and Scandal’s Redemption, both available on Amazon.
FIRST BOOK: A REVERSE PYGMALION
The Reluctant Earl, the first book in the Heirs and Graces series, continues the storylines established in the last two Scandal books where a search for the missing Earl of Siltsbury is featured. Here is the description:
Gerren Stafford, sailor and Cornish wrestler, ran away to sea when his gentle older brother was taunted and killed in a duel, and vowed never to set foot in his homeland again. When a stranger informs him he is the new Earl of Siltsbury, Gerren reluctantly returns to England with a hidden purpose, and to assume a role for which he is woefully unprepared.
Then he meets Anna.
Anna Jeffries is a baroness who is keeping her aristocratic connections a secret. She uses her new position as Siltsbury housekeeper to hide from her late husband’s successor, a man she suspects arranged her husband’s death and is now threatening her with harm if she “dares to spread her vile rumors.”
Drawn together by friendship, loneliness, and hidden emotional wounds, Anna and Gerren find solace in passion. But can they find an enduring love or are there too many secrets and lies between them?