Embracing the Scandal!

 

Embracing the Scandal - a Regency romance novella.
 

Naughtiness is its own reward…eventually.

 

Harriet Bentworth escaped the worst of her stepfather’s punishments thanks to her childhood friend Jonathan. Now she’s grown, Jonathan isn’t there, and her stepfather catches her in the most scandalous behavior yet. He banishes her to teach in a dismal girl’s school. Then a wicked rake threatens to reveal her past sins if she doesn’t give in to his advances. Just in time, she’s offered a job as governess and is whisked away to the country for Christmas.

 

Jonathan Beaumont liked Harriet as a girl and fell in love with her when she grew up—but when he asked for her hand in marriage, her stepfather told him she was dead. More than a year later he’s still grieving. When he arrives at his cousin’s estate for Christmas, he can’t believe his eyes: Harriet is there, working as a governess. 

 

 She’s desperate to keep her past sins hidden, certain he will despise her, while he is determined to learn why she was declared dead. Can Harriet trust Jonathan enough to confess, or will he have to find out on his own? As for the wicked rake…has he at last met more than he bargained for?

 

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Embracing the Scandal is a novella is the Perilous Secrets series. It takes place shortly before The Infidelity Curse and introduces several characters that appear in that novel: Giles Morecambe, the future Earl of Netherbroke, his sister Frances Templestone, and her daughter Julia, as well as her son, Lord Templestone, and her future business partner, Marie-Louise Blois.

In the interest of full disclosure, there are a few ghosts in this story (as in several of my novellas), this time playing a minor role. More or less. One of said ghosts also shows up, or so it seems to Frances (for who can say what is real and what isn't?) at the very end of The Infidelity Curse.

So I'm writing Frances' story now. She needs a happy ending.

Embracing the Scandal was originally published last year in an anthology, Christmas Kisses. Now it's out on its own!

 

 

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After escaping the guillotine, Noelle de Vallon takes refuge with her aunt in England. Determined to make her own way, she joins the local smugglers, but when their plans are uncovered, Richard, Lord Boltwood steps out of the shadows to save her. Too bad he’s the last man on earth she ever wanted to see again.

 

Years ago, Richard Boltwood’s plan to marry Noelle was foiled when his ruthless father shipped him to the Continent to work in espionage. But with the old man at death’s door, Richard returns to England with one final mission: to catch a spy. And Noelle is the prime suspect.

 

Noelle needs Richard’s help, but how can she ever trust the man who abandoned her? And how can Richard catch the real culprit while protecting the woman who stole his heart and won’t forgive him for breaking hers?

 

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NEW RELEASE! The Infidelity Curse

 

CURSES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN

The death of her cruel husband means freedom at last for Lucretia Tifton—until she learns that the guardian he chose for her longed-for baby is the latest in a line of earls known for separating their children from unfaithful wives. The elusive new earl is certain to hear the gossip about Lucretia. Will he believe it and prove to be as heartless as his ancestors?   

Giles, the Earl of Netherbroke, wants nothing more than to work in his London shop, building furniture with beautiful marquetry finishes. If unexpectedly inheriting the earldom isn’t bad enough, now he’s saddled with an unwanted guardianship. What’s worse, the baby’s mother is the loveliest woman he’s ever seen.

Giles is almost certain Lucretia is an adulteress—and the more he learns about her, the more he understands why she might have betrayed her husband. Nevertheless, he is determined not to succumb, like his ancestors, to the Infidelity Curse.

But then Lucretia is suddenly in danger, and the only way to protect her is to make her his.

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