Kate Archer

Broschiertes Buch

Lady Liar

A Regency Historical Romance

Beschreibung

She has her reasons for wishing for a Corinthian who would not know a book if it hit him over the head. He is a member of The Royal Society wishing to find his intellectual equal. Lady Verity Nicolet, number five of the Duke of Pelham's daughter's, is poised to take her place in society. She's also poised to carefully guard the secret she's harbored all her life. She considers herself the stupidest of the Nicolets and, try as she might, she cannot read. Words, diabolical words, swim in front of her eyes and she's never been able to make them settle. Henry Foster, Baron Wembly, has spent the past few years happily engaged in his scientific research and communing with his fellow Royal Society members. However, he finds that when he goes home to Somerset alone, the days are long and the nights are longer. He is determined to wed, and he sets out to locate a baroness who is his intellectual equal. And perhaps she might be pretty, too. There is an instant attraction between Verity and the baron. The duke perceives it and, as is his custom, he asks Wembly to dine at Grosvenor Square. That dinner, and a certain broiled cod that went round the table, will spark a flurry of gossip and innuendo that settles over London and even goes so far as to wend its way to the palace. With all of society wondering what in the world goes on between these two people, perhaps the two people in question had better figure that out. Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line, so this is a sweet, wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination. A Series of Senseless Complications Book 1: Lady Ferocity Book 2: Lady Graceless Book 3: Lady Impatience Book 4: Lady Dramatic Book 5: Lady Liar Book 6: Lady Suspicious Book 7: Lady Fearful

Autor

By the time I was eleven, my Irish Nana and I had formed a book club of sorts. On a timetable only known to herself, Nana would grab her blackthorn walking stick and steam down to the local Woolworth's. There, she would buy the latest Barbara Cartland romance, hurry home to read it accompanied by viciously strong wine, (Wild Irish Rose, if you're wondering) and then pass the book on to me. Though I was not particularly interested in real boys yet, I was very interested in the gentlemen in those stories-daring, bold, and often enraging and unaccountable. After my Barbara Cartland phase, I went on to Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen and so many other gifted authors blessed with the ability to bring the Georgian and Regency eras to life.I would like nothing more than to time travel back to the Regency (and time travel back to my twenties as long as we're going somewhere) to take my chances at a ball. Who would take the first? Who would escort me into supper? What sort of meaningful looks would be exchanged? I would hope, having made the trip, to encounter a gentleman who would give me a very hard time. He ought to be vexatious in the extreme, and worth every vexation, to make the journey worthwhile.I most likely won't be able to work out the time travel gambit, so I will content myself with writing stories of adventure and romance in my beloved time period. There are lives to be created, marvelous gowns to wear, jewels to don, instant attractions that inevitably come with a difficulty, and hearts to break before putting them back together again. In traditional Regency fashion, the action happens in a drawing room, rather than a bedroom.As I muse over what will happen next to my H and h, and wish I were there with them, I will occasionally remind myself that it's also nice to have a microwave, Netflix, cheese popcorn, and steaming hot showers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781967169900
• ISBN-10: 196716990X
• Artikelnr.: 75026903