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Coralee Whitmore, daughter of a viscount, balances her role as a columnist for London’s fashionable ladies’ gazette with a growing passion for investigative journalism. When her sister’s presumed suicide raises suspicions about the notorious Earl of Tremaine—whom she believes may be the father of her sister’s illegitimate child—Coralee infiltrates the earl’s castle as a country‑born visitor. Posing as an idealized widow, she uncovers secrets that blur the line between elegance and danger. Her pursuit of truth threatens to expose more than the aristocracy’s hidden affairs, drawing the ire of those determined to keep the earl’s shadowed past buried.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Kat Martin
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