title: Madam Mystery
author: Ward, Rebecca
description: HOW LONG COULD SHE KEEP HER IDENTITY  --  AND HER FEELINGS  --  IN DISGUISE?
  
  With an eccentric family to support, Damaris Cardell -- alias Desmond Winter -- was a mystery writer of great popularity. Of course no one realized that "he" was a lady.
  
  Knowing she must keep her identity a secret (what gentleman would bother with mysteries written by a lady?), Damaris posed as a secretary while she secretly gathered material for her next novel. The plan was hardly foolproof, however. The handsome but cynical Lord Sinclair, while an ardent fan of Desmond the writer, had reason to doubt her assumed secretarial identity. It was just like his sort to ruin a good charade -- unless, of course, he had a notion of putting his own final chapter to her outrageous story....
  
  Hero: Lord Nicholas Sinclair
  Heroine: Damaris Cardell (Desmond Winter)