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"Typical but pleasant Regency romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 30, 2003

In 1816 Alicia Carrington pretends to be a widow escorting her younger sister Adriana Pevency during her first season. Alicia and Adriana know that the younger sibling needs a good match so that their three younger brothers can go to school. Anything less that a marriage to a Read more...

"Another passionate addition to the Bastian Club series."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted September 23, 2003

Alicia Carrington enters society masquerading as a wealthy widow. She and her sister, Adriana, plus three younger brothers, have instigated a daring plan to secure their precarious financial situation. They envision finding an affluent husband for the beautiful Adriana thus ensuring the boys' future. Giddy with their success, Alicia is Read more...

Summary

The Season has yet to begin, and the second member of the Bastion Club, tall, handsome Anthony Blake, Viscount Torrington, is already a target for every matchmaking mama in London. None of their flighty daughters can fix his interest, but a certain lady does... Alicia is living a deception. Desperation has caused the determined but penniless lady to boldly launch her ravishing younger sister into the ton and have her make a spectacular match. By masquerading as the widowed "Mrs. Carrington" Alicia can act as the perfect chaperone...but fashionable ladies are not accused of murder... When Tony Blake discovers Alicia standing over a dead body in his godmother's garden, every instinct tells him she is innocent. His connections allow him to take control of the investigation, his social prominence provides her public support, but it is more than honor that compels him to protect her and to do everything in his seductive power to make her his.