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"Delightful regency romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 10, 2003

Six months ago, Miss Philadelphia "Delia" Effington became Lady Wilmont when she married the rake Charles Wilmont. A few days after their wedding, someone kills Charles who was actually using a rake masquerade to hide his espionage work for His Majesty. The Widow Delia fled the London scene Read more...

"Another delightful, well-written adventure with the Effington family."
Reviewed by Paula Myers
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 10, 2003

Philadelphia "Delia" Effington stuns her family (and herself) when she unexpectedly marries Lord Wilmont following a brief acquaintance. When she's widowed shortly after the wedding, Delia retires from society to mourn the loss of her husband and what she's sure would have been a grand adventure. Viscount Anthony St. Stephens Read more...

Summary

Identical twins, sensible Delia and mischievous Cassandra Effington were the most delicious debutantes to ever waltz across a London ballroom. They looked alike in every way...but no one ever expected Delia to be the one to get into trouble... How did this young lady's reputation become so questionable? Once she was lovely, respectable Miss Delia Effington, but an impulsive decision -- and subsequent disaster -- forces Delia to retire from society. Until one night, desperate for diversion, she attends a ball as her twin sister and finds herself dancing in the strong arms of the dashing Viscount St. Stephens. Delia believes she has never met this man who arouses her passions, yet he seems somehow familiar. For Delia doesn't know that St. Stephens, an agent for the Crown, has been in her home, protecting her under the disguise of her butler. What will happen when this lady discovers the truth about the man she has come to love?