An Improper Pursuit

The Hartford Ladies #1

by Donna Bell

A GAME OF KISS-AND-TELL

Chastity Hartford simply hated her name. She was a most proper lady, but a few stolen kisses had made her the laughingstock of the ton and ruined her prospects for a suitable match. Now she was on the shelf at her parents' seaside estate—and fit to be tied. Until her mother threw a lavish house party...and Chastity found herself bandying bon mots with an irresistibly handsome, much-decorated military officer.

Alex Fitzsimmons knew all about Chastity's society scandal. Still, he thought the fetching, green-eyed miss might make a pleasant dalliance while he secretly pursued his real mission. But an innocent scavenger hunt would soon sweep them into a dangerous adventure where spies lurked and two sparring partners would learn the rules of a new game...called love.

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Donna Bell lives in Texas with her husband, three dogs, and a cat. She enjoys quilting and reading when not writing. She has been writing all her life and still has stories written when she was in second grade. She has also written under the name of Julia Parks.

Reviews

[Spazfungus · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh, almost every regency romance trope was crammed into 224 pages beautiful twin though slightly airheaded younger sisters, servants smuggling to make a few shillings, hard to manage horses, a scavenger hunt, the hero working undercover, beautiful french comtesse's as spies (cute twist the comtesse was a comte), a race across the channel to save the kidnapped damsel, a fight, a wedding, a baby ...and ending dragged. Did like the father-daughter relationship, especially when the father realized how ineffective of a dad he had been

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poor Chastity is known for being a loose skirt, all because of a few shared kisses with some lord she didn't even care for. Enter her childhood crush Alex, and romance ensues. A really cute tale.