A Shocking Delight (Rogue)
David Kerslake-Somerford, the newly minted Earl of Wyvern, is in desperate need of an heiress to marry. With her considerable dowry, Lucy Potter is currently the hottest prospect for fortune hunters in London searching for a rich wife, so it would only be logical for David to set his matrimonial sights on her. However, back in Devonshire, David is “Captain Drake,” the leader of the Dragon’s Horde smuggling gang. The very first time David crosses paths with Lucy, she informs him of her views on freetraders in no uncertain terms. As tempting as Lucy and her considerable dowry might be, David knows the more time he spends with her, the more likely Lucy is to make the connection between Wyvern and Drake. RITA Award–winning Beverley returns to her impeccably crafted Regency-set Company of Rogues world with another thrilling romance. Scenes set in both London and Devonshire are handled with perfect aplomb, and the chemistry Beverley brews up between David (first introduced as a smuggling master in The Dragon’s Bride, 2001) and Lucy is pure passion. --John Charles