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Never A Lady
352 pages
A glittering, high-stakes masquerade where an innocent woman plays a dangerous game of seduction and loses her heart in the process.
What it feels like
Reading this historical romance feels like stepping into a shadowy, gilded parlor where every glance is loaded with dangerous intent. The narrative moves at a brisk, suspenseful clip, balancing the tension of a murder mystery with the heady, slow-burn friction of a scandalous masquerade. The prose is lush and emotionally charged, perfectly capturing the sensory overload of Regency high society and the internal conflict of a pious heroine forced to play the temptress. It is a story steeped in the intoxicating mood of forbidden desire and desperate sisterly devotion. Readers who love watching a cynical, worldly hero slowly unravel at the hands of an earnest woman in disguise will devour this passionate, high-stakes tale of love and deception.
- Mood
- sensual
- shadowy
- gilded
- tense
- Tone
- dramatic
- passionate
- earnest
- suspenseful
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the burden of deception · hidden desires · sisterly devotion · corrupting the innocent · high-stakes masquerade
- The writing
- Lush and emotionally charged, leaning into the sensory details of Regency excess and the internal friction of forbidden desire.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate, fearful determination to a heady, passionate surrender as the lines between truth and deception blur.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes historical romance where innocent heroines are thrust into scandalous, glittering worlds of danger and seduction.
Content notes
- murder
- deception
- sexual content
- violence
About the book
Haunted by her sister's memory...
A vision brought traveling preacher's daughter Mary Sheppard to the wicked city of London-she saw the image of her runaway identical twin Josephine, bloodstained and begging for help. But Josephine has vanished and is wanted for the murder of her nobleman lover. And his brother Adam, the haughtily elegant Duke of St. Chaldon, has sworn to see her hang.
Conspiring with her sister's enemy...
The only way to clear Josephine's name is to find the real culprit, so shy Mary devises a scandalous ruse. Dressed as a courtesan, wearing gems as heavy as sin, and tutored in the arts of a temptress by the duke, she will enter the gilded salons of Regency society.
Trapped by passion and endangered by love...
But soon Mary's passion and spirit arouse in Adam the dark heat of desire. And as he coaxes her to delicious abandon in a decadent game of deception, Mary finds herself living the life and the lie of a privileged lady-the lady she knows she can never be...
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