Publication

1996-11-15 - St. Martin's Paperbacks

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Mass Market Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • LibraryThing78914
  • Library of Congress Control Number97810771
  • OCLC Control Number35752293
  • Better World Books9780312959364

Classifications

  • LCCCPB Box no. 272 vol. 7

Description

Haunted by her sister's memory... A vision brought traveling preacher's daughter Mary Sheppard to the wicked city of London-she saw the image of her runaway identical twin Josephine, bloodstained and begging for help. But Josephine has vanished and is wanted for the murder of her nobleman lover. And his brother Adam, the haughtily elegant Duke of St. Chaldon, has sworn to see her hang. Conspiring with her sister's enemy... The only way to clear Josephine's name is to find the real culprit, so shy Mary devises a scandalous ruse. Dressed as a courtesan, wearing gems as heavy as sin, and tutored in the arts of a temptress by the duke, she will enter the gilded salons of Regency society. Trapped by passion and endangered by love... But soon Mary's passion and spirit arouse in Adam the dark heat of desire. And as he coaxes her to delicious abandon in a decadent game of deception, Mary finds herself living the life and the lie of a privileged lady-the lady she knows she can never be...

First Sentence

Mary Elizabeth Sheppard waited in the gloom beside the caravan.

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