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Crimson Romance
June 2012
On Sale: June 4, 2012
300 pages
ISBN: 1440546053
EAN: 9781440546051
Kindle: B008195IIQ
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Romance Historical
"If she truly knows her business, a woman has the mind of a diplomat, a general, and Cleopatra, all in one." Anne–Sophia Duncombe is ruined, a victim of her father's high–stakes gambling. Stolen moments at the piano are her boon. Wilhelm Montegue is a washed up war hero, rumored insane. His "condition" – modern diagnosis: savant autism – is the source of his gift for composing music. Anne–Sophia and Wilhelm thought they had missed their chance for love, but anything can happen in the music room. Anne–Sophia is in exile, hiding from her villainous father, Lord Chauncey, who tried to force her into marrying the repulsive Lowdry, his partner in crime. She outsmarted them and ran away, but loneliness is its own captivity. As a last resort before the convent, Sophia attempts a radical scheme––a life of humility and disguise. Wilhelm Montegue, Earl of Devon, is a washed–up war hero who drinks too much, offends his neighbors with his harsh wit, and breaks furniture when his temper flares. Always in the shadow of scandal and absent from society, he is the subject of intense gossip. The town whispers that he is insane and guilty of unnatural proclivities. He is barely excused by his brilliant mind and swarthy good looks. Lord Devon is bewildered that his newest housemaid has sparked such an irritating fascination in him. Why must she be the most exquisite woman he ever laid eyes on? Chaste and bound by honor, he vows to behave himself, even if her voice is a siren song. He knows she is keeping secrets, and he finds her scent of danger intoxicating . . . .
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