Lucia Mannering is the prize in a drunken wager between her wicked step-father and Hugo, the 4th Marquis of Mandersely. With dashing Hugo's scandalous reputation, what does fate have in store for Lucia?
Winner of the Netta Muskett Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. Perfect for fans of Mary Balogh, Alice Chetwynd Ley and Jane Aiken Hodge.
Hugo is not the only man who soon realises there is much more to this strong-willed young woman than her beautiful singing voice, a legacy from her opera singer mother.
Through Hugo's kindly aunt, Lady Springhope, Lucia is introduced into fashionable London society, and to her own grandfather who had cut off her ill-fated parents years earlier.
But when Lucia finds herself involved in a deadly plot of revenge, this time will love or tragedy win the game?
Genre: Historical Romance
Winner of the Netta Muskett Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. Perfect for fans of Mary Balogh, Alice Chetwynd Ley and Jane Aiken Hodge.
Hugo is not the only man who soon realises there is much more to this strong-willed young woman than her beautiful singing voice, a legacy from her opera singer mother.
Through Hugo's kindly aunt, Lady Springhope, Lucia is introduced into fashionable London society, and to her own grandfather who had cut off her ill-fated parents years earlier.
But when Lucia finds herself involved in a deadly plot of revenge, this time will love or tragedy win the game?
Genre: Historical Romance
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