Anastasia and the Duke

When a midnight encounter with a duke almost lands her in Newgate, orphaned Hannah Smith realises that she must bring her career as a thief to an end - before she finds herself at the wrong end of a noose. But escaping the Seven Dials and Sidney Pritchard, the self-styled King of Thieves, is no easy task and Hannah finds herself persuaded into one last swindle; one which will set her up comfortably for life.

All Hannah needs to do is act the part of companion to an elderly countess - but what she didn't know was that her role would bring her dangerously close to the duke who stole her first kiss...

When Oliver Edward St Martin De Vere, Sixth Duke of Hawkfield, first sees Miss Hannah Smith, he is instantly struck by her beauty and grace.
Despite his desire, however, Oliver is suspicious of the tempting miss - and not just because she puts him to mind of the thief with whom he once shared a midnight kiss. Worried, Oliver vows to protect the elderly Lady Lansdowne from what he sees to be another schemer out to exploit her grief at the loss of her granddaughter, Anastasia.
Miss Smith is a fraud, and Oliver is determined to expose her - providing he doesn’t lose his heart to her first.

Anastasia and the Duke is a sweet Regency Romance, lightly inspired by the story of the missing Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.


Genre: Historical Romance