num_pages: 592
description: Jewel of the Night by Helen DicksonOne night of passion...at a price...Judith Wyatt has always concealed the tragedy behind her flight from India. Plain and impoverished, she is flattered to be invited to her friend’s estate at Greenwich. There, she finds an affinity with Captain Jordan Grant, who reawakens in her the dark corners of her past. Captain Grant is in perilous danger. After returning from military service in India he is pursued by two ruthless enemies for the treasure he carries. When Judith becomes entangled in their plot, Jordan sees her as an added burden. But then he discovers the truth of her childhood, and the courageous, sensual woman she has become - and soon Jordan wonders whether he hasn’t found the most priceless jewel of all...A Penniless Prospect by Joanna MaitlandA lady in disguise with no dowry and unremarkable looks, Jessamyne Calderwood sees herself as a penniless country mouse. But when her greedy family attempts to marry her off, the mouse becomes a wily vixen...Determined to escape a loveless marriage, "Jamie" disguises herself as a boy and manages to find a position working in the gardens on the estate of Richard, Earl Hardinge. There she remains undetected until Richard rescues her from an attack. To his astonishment, he finds he's not holding a boy, but the soft body of a delectable young woman...
language: English
title: Jewel of the Night / A Penniless Prospect
titlecomplete: Jewel of the Night / A Penniless Prospect (Regency Lords & Ladies, #13)
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Mills & Boon