title: Eyes of Amber and Other Stories
author:  Joan D. Vinge 
description: A collection of 6 stories: "Eyes of Amber", "To Bell the Cat", "View from a Height", "Media Man", "The Crystal Ship", and "Tin Soldier".
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  Catriona had heard all the stories about the elegant, ironic and attractive
  Marquis of Hampton—his escapades, his amours, his flouting of all the
  proprieties and rules.
  
  She certainly knew enough about him to know better than to be alone with him
  without a chaperon.
  
  But Catriona wanted to solve the bewitching and bewildering mystery of
  love—and the schoolboy kisses that she so far had experienced clearly left
  something to be desired.
  
  The moment that the Marquis took her in his arms, and she let his lips come
  down on hers, she discovered how much she had been missing—and how dangerous
  it was. . . .
  
  About the Author
  
  Joan Wolfis a native ofNew York Citywho presently resides
  inMilford,Connecticut, with her husband and two young children. She taught
  high school English inNew Yorkfor nine years and took up writing when she
  retire