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After Jacinda’s marriage, her best friend and lady’s companion, Miss Elizabeth Carlisle, leaves London to care for an eccentric old lady in Bath. The local Lady Strathmore takes a liking to Lizzie, a bookish and sensible woman, and devises a plan to introduce her steady young companion to her dark and enigmatic nephew, Devil Strathmore. A bold adventurer who has journeyed to far‑off lands, Devil is haunted by tragedy and driven by a desire for revenge, setting the stage for romance and intrigue among the aristocracy of Regency England.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Gaelen Foley
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