The Virgin's Secret

March 9, 2009
Launching a series of adventure-flavored historical romances, Alexander (Seduction of a Proper Gentleman
) describes Victorian-era amateur archeology as a cutthroat business. Gabriella Montini, mourning her slain brother, is determined to continue his quest for a priceless ancient seal that could help locate the lost city of Ambropia. When Gabriella breaks into the home of a man she suspects of hiding the seal, his brother, handsome adventurer Nathaniel Harrington, catches her and insists on joining her mission. Episodes of skulking and confrontation ensue through the ballrooms, mansions and bedrooms of London. Gabriella is a likable heroine with a few secrets of her own, and Nathaniel proves easy to love. A pleasant subplot describes Gabriella's reunion with her late mother's family. Two additional seals and Nathaniel's two brothers will presumably require two sequels.

April 15, 2009
He may be London's most eligible bachelor, but adventurer Nathanial Harrington seems more interested in uncovering the treasures of distant landsuntil he encounters Gabriella Montini snooping in the Harringtons' library and is intrigued, and then captivated, by the lovely but duplicitous lady. A clever beauty intent on vindicating her family's reputation and a nobleman who is more than her match warily join forces to discover the truth and find unexpected love as well in this lively, lushly sensual Victorian romance, the first in a projected series. Alexander ("Seduction of a Proper Gentleman") lives in Omaha.

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