title: Rendezvous: A Novel
author:  Amanda Quick 
description: With its predictable resolution, obvious villain and a hero and heroine who are strikingly similar to those in the author's most recent contemporary romance ( Sweet Fortune, written as Jayne Ann Krentz), this Regency falls short in both originality and intrigue. The scholarly Harry Fleming, earl of Graystone, prizes loyalty above all else. A former spy, he is haunted by his failure to nab a traitor known as the Spider. Furthermore, his wife was "a lying, deceitful, falsehearted bitch." Now a widower, Harry's in the market for a second wife. He has selected as his bride Augusta Ballinger, a reckless but steadfastly loyal woman, and knowing she will balk, he persuades her guardian to present the engagement to her as a fait accompli. Despite her attraction to Henry, Augusta is indeed convinced that a free spirit doesn't belong with a stick-in-the-mud scholar. But the marriage proceeds, and as Harry tries to fashion a proper wife out of Augusta, he begins to believe that a document linked to the suspicious death of her brother two years earlier may offer a clue to the identity of the elusive Spider. <br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  PROLOGUE  
  The war was over.  
  The man once known as Nemesis stood at the window of his study and listened to
  the clamor in the streets. All London was celebrating the final defeat of
  Napoleon at Waterloo as only Londoners could celebrate. Fireworks, music, and
  the roar of thousands of exuberant people filled the city.  
  It was over, but as far as Nemesis was concerned it was not finished. Now it
  appeared it would never be finished, at least not to his satisfaction. The
  identity of the traitor who had called himself Spider was still a mystery. The
  final puzzle must go unsolved. There would be no justice for those who had
  died at the Spider's hands.  
  As for Nemesis, he knew it was time to get on with his own life. He had duties
  and responsibilities to fulfill, not the least of which was the matter of
  finding himself a suitable bride. He would approach the task as he approached
  everything else, with logi