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Her mission was to wed, but for Lucinda Partridge it was survival: a dwindling fortune and a desperate need to secure a husband before she loses everything. In Regency England, she finds herself courtship‑jected by three wealthy admirers and constantly pursued by Sir Cosmo Fairchild, a decadent Corinthian whose curiosity raises questions. Unknown to Lucinda, one of her suitors is a French spy, and Sir Cosmo is a secret agent chasing him. Posing as a writer, he lures Lucinda into cooperation, all while resisting his own attraction to her.
Amid espionage, romance, and the social gambits of the period, Lucinda must choose between love, status, and survival, all while the unpredictable forces around her threaten to undo her carefully plotted escape from ruin.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Bess Willingham
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