The False Countess

by Michelle Morrison

Catherine Purcell, dutiful daughter-in-law, agrees to remarry to save her dead husband’s family from financial ruin. She doesn’t mind, she really doesn’t, but she’s desperate for one last adventure before she enters another arranged marriage that will take what remains of her youth. Her Russian grandmother’s court dress gives her the means.

When a beautiful Russian countess catches Lord Robert Carlisle’s interest, she ignites a spark he’d thought long dead. Her full lips and soft skin tempt him. She needs a respectable husband. He won’t marry, but perhaps she can tempt him out of the darkness that has ruled his life since he shot his brother in a robbery gone wrong.

286 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 28, 2021

About the author

Writing has always been a part of Michelle's life and it was love of writing that led her to graduate magna cum laude with a degree in Professional Writing which she then used to write and edit technical manuals and reports for Los Alamos National Labs and Sandia National Labs. Needless to say, such writing left her craving something....juicier. After 8 historical romances and one historical fiction novel, she realized there was just as much to explore with characters from the modern world.

Michelle has always enjoyed telling deeply personal stories with characters who are flawed and complex but who grow and change through the course of the book. Her tenth book, The Space Inside, is an intimate and modern exploration of the chasm that grief causes a mother and daughter, and their reconciliation through an inexplicable message from outer space.