Secrets and subterfuge in Regency England. A Newmarket Regency.
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When Jenny Castle appears in Adam Prettyman's theatre barn one evening saying she has come to sort out his finances and look after his children, he is unable to refuse. Full of self-blame after the death of his wife, he wants only to lose himself on stage, the one place where he knows he is not a failure. But Jenny needs to hide too, from a man without humanity or soul who could bring down destruction on them all.
A mysterious bookkeeper. A damaged actor-manager. An earl hell-set on increasing his land by fair means or very, very foul. Not the ideal set of conditions for falling in love...
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When Jenny Castle appears in Adam Prettyman's theatre barn one evening saying she has come to sort out his finances and look after his children, he is unable to refuse. Full of self-blame after the death of his wife, he wants only to lose himself on stage, the one place where he knows he is not a failure. But Jenny needs to hide too, from a man without humanity or soul who could bring down destruction on them all.
A mysterious bookkeeper. A damaged actor-manager. An earl hell-set on increasing his land by fair means or very, very foul. Not the ideal set of conditions for falling in love...
