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The Earl's Masquerade, An Archer Family Regency Romance
Available formats: e-book and trade paperback A frog in a teapot,
a lost necklace, and a sabotaged boat: incongruencies that lead an unlikely
hero to investigate a chilling murder in Regency England. Discarded by his betrothed
with a parting sally that “being an earl does not excuse being a bore,” Hugh
Castle, the Earl of Monnow, joins his brother on a relaxing cruise, hoping
to forget. But a storm capsizes their boat, and despite Hugh’s desperate
efforts, he can’t save his brother’s life. Then he finds evidence amongst
the wreckage of sabotage and realizes he was never meant to return to dock.
Someone intending to murder the earl killed his younger brother, instead.
Angered beyond endurance, Hugh travels to London to enlist the aid of the
Second Sons Inquiry Agency in finding his brother’s murderer. Helen Archer attended the
Earl of Monnow’s ball in expectation of celebrating his betrothal, but the
event seems destined for disaster. She arrives late, the earl makes no
announcement, and Helen manages to lose the fabled Peckham necklace her
sister reluctantly loaned to her. Unwilling to admit her carelessness to her
sister, Helen rashly decides to return to the earl’s estate and retrieve it
in secret. When his aunt threatens to
send him to his cruel uncle, the Earl of Monnow, Edward Leigh-Brown decides
he’s had enough. He’s going to join the navy and follow in Lord Nelson’s
footsteps to become a military hero. But finding his way to London is a lot
harder for a young boy than it seems, and he’s soon lost. When he bumps into
Miss Helen Archer at an inn, he’s more than happy to accept a ride in her
carriage, even if she seems determined to escort him to an inquiry agency to
hire someone to locate the family he doesn’t want located. When the three meet in
London at Second Sons, Helen impulsively decide to accompany Hugh to the
earl’s home, disguised as servants, to pursue their secret goals. Hugh hopes
to uncover a killer, Helen hopes to find her necklace, and Edward just hopes
he can find the opportunity to escape again. But they are soon engulfed in an adventure none of them anticipated, and Hugh must hurry to identify who wants him dead before their deception ends in the death of another innocent. Buy Links
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