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Lady Leonora Clairmont, daughter of the Earl of Bristol, enjoys the comforts and protections of her privileged position by day. By night she joins her reckless brother in a dangerous, lawless pursuit that tests her courage and sense of adventure. When Lord Gerard Sinclair, a handsome and dashing emissary of the Crown, arrives to enforce the law she has flouted, Leonora’s secret double life becomes perilously vulnerable. The escalating tension places both her freedom and heart in jeopardy, forcing her to confront the peril of love and the demands of duty during the Regency period.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Irene Saunders
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