title: The Counterfeit Countess (Zebra Historical Romance)
author:  Cheryl Bolen 
description: Maggie, the countess of Warwick, has one very useful talent: she can cry on command. After arriving in London with her younger sister, Rebecca, her faithful servant, Sarah, and her beloved cat, Tubby, Maggie finds this gift coming in handy when she discovers that she isn't really a countess. It seems her much loathed late husband was not the earl of Warwick, but rather Lawrence Henshaw, a despicable scoundrel who borrowed the title to escape the hangman's noose. Edward, the real earl of Warwick, seems indifferent to Maggie's dilemma until she turns on the tears. What Maggie doesn't know is that Edward has other reasons for keeping her close: the sexy earl hopes that Maggie will reveal information about her late husband's traitorous schemes. Readers who like their Regencies spiced with danger and desire will love Bolen's humorous and sexy romance with its quirky characters, including an independent heroine who can't help but blurt out her innermost thoughts. <i>John Charles</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  ON FIRE
  
  > Caught up in the overwhelming desire to protect her, Lord Warwicks lips
  > brushed over hers. It had been meant as an innocent kiss. But he had not
  > reckoned on Maggies frenzied response.
  
  > Her lips crushed against his, her mouth open and warm. Something snapped
  > inside him as the kiss deepened and a searing heat bolted through him. He
  > kissed her face. He kissed her graceful neck. His hands cupped her breasts,
  > and she began to make soft, whimpering sounds. He freed her breasts and bent
  > to taste them as she arched into him, tossing her head back, her smoldering
  > eyes those of a woman drugged.
  
  > Then her lids lowered, her long lashes feathering against her cheeks. A
  > gentle peace had settled over her.
  
  > God in heaven, but she was exquisite!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The
  
  Counterfeit
  
  Countess  
  
  Cheryl Bolen  
  
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