First Time in Paperback
SummaryThe third book in Amanda Quick's Regency romantic-
suspense series featuring Lavinia Lake and Tobias
March...
An invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle
provides a perfect solution to Tobias and Lavinia's most
exasperating challenge: how to escape the chaos of London
for a remote, relaxing—and above all
romantic—retreat from prying eyes and wagging
tongues. But the lovers' plans are foiled when their first
cozy interlude of the weekend is disrupted by the
appearance of a stunning woman from Tobias's past. Aspasia
Gray's beauty is as haunting as her connection to Tobias.
Her long-deceased fiancéé was a friend of his—in
addition to being an eccentric assassin. The mysterious
nature of the bond between Tobias and Aspasia makes
Lavinia more than a little uncomfortable. Especially as
her first encounter with Aspasia occurs when she finds her
in Tobias's bedchamber...
It seems Aspasia is seeking protection—and
solace—after receiving an ominous message that eerily
recalls the past. Suddenly the obstacles standing
betweenTobias and Lavinia appear greater than just a
little London gossip—and far more deadly.When events
at the castle suggest someone is imitating the dead
killer's methods, the team of Lake and March fervently
pursue the investigation—and each other—as their
leads take them from Society''s most elegant
haunts—and most discreet hideaways—to London's
shadiest backstreets. As their relationship heats up, so
does the intrigue. Soon Lavinia will have to employ all
her talents to flummox the scoundrel who so rudely
interrupted her rendezvous. And then she and Tobias can
get back to more pleasurable affairs.
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