The Undercover Scoundrel
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The author of The Millionaire Rogue returns to her dazzling series about a bygone era filled with romance, espionage, and one dangerously seductive diamond…
Mr. Henry Lake spent the past twelve years uncovering the most scandalous secrets of Europe’s wealthy and powerful, serving as one of His Majesty’s most decorated spies. But when a mission to find the legendary French Blue diamond brings him back to London, and face to face with a beautiful noblewoman he once loved, it’s his own hidden passions that are uncovered…
Lady Caroline, Countess of Berry, knows better than to lose her head over a man. After an embarrassing romantic entanglement forced her into a loveless marriage and early widowhood, she learned to never trust in desire, especially when it comes to the man who once broke her heart. Only, despite her good sense, she finds Henry impossible to resist—even when he once again places her in deathly danger…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This muddle of clumsy espionage and sappy suspense is a bitter ending to Peterson s Hope Diamond Affair trilogy (after The Millionaire Rogue). Lady Caroline Townsend never stopped loving her first husband, Henry Beaton Lake, even though he walked out on her the day after their wedding. Since then she s remarried and been widowed. Henry, a lovable, giant, redheaded secret agent who only left Caroline because his work required him to, plans to search London for the French Blue diamond without ever crossing paths with his beloved Caroline. However, his missing eye and unpredictable limp slow him down long enough for Caroline to catch up, and then they have to face the truth about what happened on their fateful wedding night. Throw in some foolish acrobats, an earl with entirely too much free time on his hands, a convenient sidekick, and a smelly superspy, and what readers get is something like the Keystone Cops crashing a romcom. Although the lovers are a likable duo with charming and original flaws, their romance is overshadowed by the ridiculous events.
