“There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.”
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With the dazzling storytelling that has become her trademark, the author of the acclaimed McClairen's Isle trilogy sweeps you back to Victorian England ... to a glittering world of titled society and scandalous secrets ... in the enchanting story of a woman who lives by her wits - and who commits the most startling indiscretion of all- She falls in love....<br> <br> Letty Potts has gotten into a few fixes in her twenty-five years, but this is her worst predicament yet. A petty schemer by necessity, the struggling music hall performer has decided to go straight.<br> <br> But after narrowly escaping the wrath of her partner in crime, she finds herself at Paddington Station with nothing but the gown she's wearing ... and another woman's train ticket clutched in her hand.<br> <br> Now masquerading as the redoubtable "Lady Agatha," of Whyte Wedding Celebrations, Letty arrives in the backwater burg of Little Bidewell, where she is to arrange the nuptials of a young society bride.<br> <br> Amid the dizzying whirl of pre-wedding festivities, nobody suspects Letty's secret ... except the sensual and aristocratic Sir Elliot March.<br> <br> A war hero who has forsworn love, Elliot senses something decidedly amiss about this outspoken young woman. Yet she awakens a passionate yearning he'd thought was lost to him forever.<br> <br> Soon a desperate masquerade embroils them both in a web of scandal and danger as Letty's past catches up with her - threatening their lives ... and a love without peer.<br> <br> "If it's smart, sexy and impossible to put down, it's a book by Connie Brockway."<br> - Christina Dodd, bestselling author of Runaway Princess<br> <br> <br> Also by Connie Brockway-<br> <br> The McClairen's Isle Trilogy-<br> <br> McClairen's Isle- The Ravishing One<br> McClairen's Isle- The Reckless One<br> McClairen's Isle- The Passionate One<br> <br> and...<br> <br> A Dangerous Man<br> As You Desire<br> All Through the Night<br> My Dearest Enemy<br> <br> Available from Dell<br>
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Connie Brockway
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“There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.”
“She'd stood by that creed. No softness, because the world wasn't soft; lots of laughter, because if you were in on the joke, the joke couldn't be on you; And no wanting what you couldn't tak...”
“I want you cool and regal, earthy and impertinent, spoiling for a fight and abashed at your own temper. I want you flushed with exertion and rosy with sleep. I want you teasing and provocati...”
“And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.”