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Rachel Manvers' unscrupulous uncle was selling her extraordinary sculptured copies of marble Roman heads as genuine antiquities – and one has just been acquired by the Marchioness of Stanton, mother of England’s foremost authority on Roman antiquities. In desperation, Rachel broke in the Marchioness’ home to replace the reproduction with the original before the deception was discovered. She barely escaped capture by Nicholas Woodward, the Marquis of Stanton himself, who was astonished to discover that the intruder was a woman!
Now Rachel cannot escape the devastating Marquis – on his undercover investigation of counterfeit antiquities that brings him close enough to save her life, ignore her passions, and risk a scandal that only marriage can resolve!
Library Journal celebrated Joan Overfield’s previous Regency novel as “another superb romance that readers will be waiting for.” Now, the acclaimed author of Times Tapestries adds a touch of larceny to love as a society beauty resorts to burglary to save her good name … only to fall for the dashing marquis investigating the crime.
Now Rachel cannot escape the devastating Marquis – on his undercover investigation of counterfeit antiquities that brings him close enough to save her life, ignore her passions, and risk a scandal that only marriage can resolve!
Library Journal celebrated Joan Overfield’s previous Regency novel as “another superb romance that readers will be waiting for.” Now, the acclaimed author of Times Tapestries adds a touch of larceny to love as a society beauty resorts to burglary to save her good name … only to fall for the dashing marquis investigating the crime.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 1998
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Joan Overfield
27 books13 followersAKA: Carolyn Madison
Joan Overfield (aka Carolyn Madison) has been a published author since winning the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America in 1987 for her Regency, The Prodigal Spinster. Since then she has written a total of twenty-four novels. Along the way Joan has made several bestsellers lists and won numerous awards for her work, including 1998 Career Achievement in Regency Romance from Romantic Times magazine. Her Time Travel, The Door Ajar is in the list of Romantic Times magazine's 200 All-Time Reviewer Favorites.
Joan's varied career has included seven years as a 911 emergency operator. That experience contributed to her writing by training her to assess situations and people – skills she now uses as she develops plots and characters.
Joan uses her stories to showcase characters who reflect her life views. "All of my heroes operate from a strong sense of honor and duty," she says. "I admire that and I believe strongly in right and wrong." The goals of her characters can be summed up in the poem "Ulysses" – "To strive, to find, to seek, and not to yield."
She lives in Oregon with her golden retriever, Libby, and an ornery alley cat named Pounce. She is also a killer Trivial Pursuit player, and loves the smokey wail of a tenor sax and the icy bite of perfectly chilled champagne.
Joan Overfield (aka Carolyn Madison) has been a published author since winning the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America in 1987 for her Regency, The Prodigal Spinster. Since then she has written a total of twenty-four novels. Along the way Joan has made several bestsellers lists and won numerous awards for her work, including 1998 Career Achievement in Regency Romance from Romantic Times magazine. Her Time Travel, The Door Ajar is in the list of Romantic Times magazine's 200 All-Time Reviewer Favorites.
Joan's varied career has included seven years as a 911 emergency operator. That experience contributed to her writing by training her to assess situations and people – skills she now uses as she develops plots and characters.
Joan uses her stories to showcase characters who reflect her life views. "All of my heroes operate from a strong sense of honor and duty," she says. "I admire that and I believe strongly in right and wrong." The goals of her characters can be summed up in the poem "Ulysses" – "To strive, to find, to seek, and not to yield."
She lives in Oregon with her golden retriever, Libby, and an ornery alley cat named Pounce. She is also a killer Trivial Pursuit player, and loves the smokey wail of a tenor sax and the icy bite of perfectly chilled champagne.
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October 17, 2020
The writing is stellar, descriptions clear, words strung together elegantly. When I read older books, I recognize the value of language and the art of writing.
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