A Secret Surrender
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4.1 • 54 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From USA Today Bestselling author Darcy Burke, your next Regency obsession: The Pretenders! Set in Burke’s popular world of The Untouchables, indulge in the saga of a trio of siblings who excel at being something they’re not. Can a dauntless Bow Street Runner, a devastated viscount, and a disillusioned Society miss unravel their secrets?
Book One: A Secret Surrender
A survivor of the mean streets of London’s East End, Selina Blackwell has learned to be a chameleon, and in her current iteration as a fortune-teller, she’s able to provide a Season for her sister. Only, Madame Sybila can’t be a chaperone, so Selina takes on another identity as the proper Lady Gresham. But when a Bow Street Runner takes too much of an interest in her business, it seems the crimes of her past will finally come to light.
Determined to prove that Madame Sybila is a fraud bent on fleecing London’s elite, Harry Sheffield enlists the help of the alluring Lady Gresham in exchange for introducing her to Society’s best. With his busy career and aspirations for the future, Harry has no time for marriage, but an affair is just right—until he discovers the lady’s disarming secret. Whatever his feelings for her, he can’t ignore who she is and who she’s been. And when she holds the key to the one case he couldn’t solve, he must choose justice or love.
Customer Reviews
So Many Secrets
I received an ARC of this book as a member of a review crew to read in exchange for a fair review. A Secret Surrender is the first book in Darcy Burke’s exciting new series, The Pretenders. Characters and events in this book relate to her previous series, The Untouchables and the Spitfire Society, but it is not necessary to have read them to enjoy this book. Selina Blackwell has more than one identity, including Madame Sybila, a fortune teller and of Lady Gresham, a widow looking to launch her younger sister into society. She meets Harry Sheffield, the younger son of the Earl of Aylesbury, who is a Bow Street runner when he is investigating Madame Sybila and to protect herself, she convinces him to let her (Lady Gresham) help him in his investigation. What she didn’t expect was that she would fall in love with Harry and things get even more complicated when her sister Beatrix steals some jewels and her dead brother turns out not to be dead, but someone Harry is looking for because of a fire from four years ago where several young women and children died. The twists and turns in this story will have you avidly turning pages and hoping that somehow Selina will get her HEA with Harry. Medium Steam. Publishing Date: July 7, 2020. #ASecretSurrender #DarcyBurke #HistoricalRomance #BowStreetRomance #bookstagram