Avon
Featuring: Duke of Hollindrake; Thalia Langley
384 pages ISBN: 0061373230 EAN: 9780061373237 Kindle: B001NLKTXI Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
When Miss Thalia "Tally" Langley receives the wrong trunk
at her sister's house party, she does not expect its
contents of a little black gown to lead her in a cat-and-
mouse game with British Intelligence.
Tally is in league with her cousin, Philippa, to rescue
Philippa's lover from prison. The escape goes flawlessly.
Now, using her sister's party as cover, they must arrange
to get him out of the country. One of the guests, a
bumbling vicar, catches Talley's eye. Her attraction to the
vicar confuses her, but something in his demeanor hints of
secrets. Slipping into the black gown that fits her like a
second skin, Tally plans for the vicar to succumb to her
allure and confess all.
For the last 10 years, Lord Larken has spent his time in
the war involved in hellish plots, schemes and
assassinations. Larken agrees to any demand British
Intelligence ask of him as he attempts to restore his
father's honor, whose reputation was destroyed when he
chose a woman over his country. Larken's latest, and
hopefully last, mission is the elimination of Captain
Dashwell currently believed hiding at a house party given
by an influential member of the ton. Larken arrives
disguised as a vicar and begins his search, until a feather-
headed chit interrupts his hunt.
Tally's appearance in the seductive black gown distracts
Larken from his quest. Tally and Larken engage in a game of
wits where neither can afford to lose. Nevertheless, the
situation must have a winner regardless of the broken
hearts.
The incomparable Ms. Boyle's clever humor shines in the
first of her back-to-back novels. She combines a perfect
mix of dark anguish tempered with witty dialogue and
antics. She concludes with a happy ending for one couple,
while leaving readers in high anticipation of the fate of
Lady Philippa in MEMOIRS OF A SCANDALOUS RED DRESS.
And in an
instant, Thalia Langley knew the man before her was no
saint. He might claim to be the Duke of Hollindrake's
unassuming country cousin, but no man that handsome, that
arresting, could be anything but . . . well, he simply
must be an unrepentant rogue. His cat-like grace
and power leave Tally shivering in her slippers at the
notion of all the wicked, forbidden things he might be
capable of doing . . . to her.
Indeed, Lord
Larken is no bumbling vicar, but a master spy there in his
majesty's service to find—and murder—a notorious pirate
freed in a daring prison escape. Devoted to the Crown,
Larken's not about to let an interfering (and not entirely
innocent) Mayfair miss disrupt his ruthless plans. Yet how
can he be anything but tempted by this lady in a little
black gown . . . a dress tantalizing enough to lead even
Larken astray.
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