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An alluring, outpsoken widow and an enigmatic agent are drawn into a web of power, greed, and ambition that threatens to overturn the very future of the British Empire.
Brava
April 2009
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Featuring: Lilly Clarence Hampton; Julian St. Martin
352 pages
ISBN: 0758223692
EAN: 9780758223692
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Suspense | Romance Historical
London, 1851. An alluring, outspoken widow and an enigmatic agent are drawn into a web of power, greed, and ambition that threatens to overturn the very future of the British Empireโฆ Society knows Lilly Clarence Hampton as a respected widow who was wildly in love with her husband, the architect of Londonโs famed Crystal Palace. The truthโฆwell, the truth would cost Lilly her reputation, her freedom, and quite possibly her life. And one man has uncovered itโthe reclusive, savagely handsome Julian St. Martin. A former agent of the Crown, Julian intends to blackmail Lilly to obtain plans to the Palace, where the Koh-I-Noorโthe largest diamond in the worldโwill be presented to Queen Victoria at the Great Exhibition. Men have committed all manner of crimes to possess the fabled gem, but Julianโs intentions are even darker. And the closer he gets to the beguiling Lilly, the more complicated matters become. Succumbing to intense, primal desire, Julian and Lilly both become pawns in a wicked game where no one can be tru
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