Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage (Secret Brides)
Scandal is James Bancroft’s business. With two of the ton’s most talked-about publications to his credit, he is eagerly searching for the next scandalto publish when he encounters Kate Townsende, the Duchess of Markingham. Imprisoned in the Tower of London for the murder of her husband, Kate is not optimistic about her future. Kate didn’t love her husband, George, but she certainly didn’t kill him. Unfortunately, all of the circumstantial evidence indicates otherwise. However, Kate can be released from the tower if a peer agrees to supervise her house arrest, and James is more than willing to act as Kate’s jailer in exchange for her version of her husband’s murder. Bowman neatly wraps up her Regency-set Secrets trilogy (Secrets of a Wedding Night, 2012, and Secrets of a Runaway Bride, 2013) with a thrillingly sensual tale that deftly mingles mystery and romance. --John Charles