Gambler's Daughter
A Loveswept Classic Romance
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Ruth Owen takes Regency romance for a walk on the wild side as a desperate woman’s dangerous charade compels a tormented nobleman to raise the stakes on love.
Sabrina Murphy has spent years trying to live down the reputation of her gambler father. But after being accused of a murder she didn’t commit, Sabrina decides to wager her life on the success of an audacious scheme. She will assume the identity of an heiress who disappeared as a child, duping the wealthy and powerful Trevelyan line long enough to lift the family jewels and flee the country. The hitch? She must convince the dark, handsome, and mysterious widower Lord Edward that she’s not bluffing.
When the young beauty claiming to be his long-lost cousin arrives at the Trevelyan estate, Lord Edward is justly skeptical. Her very existence jeopardizes his inheritance. And yet even he must admit there is a striking resemblance—and that her gentle presence works magic on the tattered remains of his family. But when a series of suspicious accidents threatens her life, she and Edward are drawn together by a need to expose the truth—and by a desire neither can resist.
Praise for Gambler’s Daughter
“Ruth Owen writes with a wonderfully original voice. Gambler’s Daughter is a feast for the senses from beginning to end!”―New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The author of numerous contemporary romances, Owen (Someone to Watch Over Me) makes her historical debut with this engaging Regency. Sabrina Murphy has all the right credentials for a Cinderella: she's orphaned, has a wicked stepmother and stepbrother and faces an unfair murder charge. Her fairy godmother takes the form of a likable scoundrel named Quinn, a former friend of her gambler father. At Quinn's instigation, the desperate Sabrina masquerades as a missing heiress, a relative of the dark-tempered Earl of Trevelyan. Bitter about the desertion of his wife, who subsequently died, the earl is determined to prove this fascinating upstart an impostor. The more Sabrina befriends the rest of his family, the more he rejects her--and, of course, the more he falls in love with her. While Sabrina occasionally seems dense about other people's states of mind, it's a forgivable flaw, given that the sexual tension never lags. A mystery concerning the faithless wife and a series of potentially deadly incidents keep up the pace of Owen's engaging plot.
