title: Lady Aurelia's Bequest
author:  Sheila Walsh 
description: In Cordelia Darcy, Shelia Walsh has created one of her most delightful heroines ever. From a modest colonial background in America, she arrives in Regency London during the autumn of 1811 and makes it her stage. Before ever she steps foot in London though, Cordelia has already become part of a dangerous diplomatic intrigue as the result of her shipboard encounter with a fellow American: Drew Harvey. Working to secure peace between England and America, Mr Harvey enlists Cordelia's help as a courier - thereby drawing her into the sights of his own very determined enemies. Despite these shadows playing around her, Cordelia Darcy's first London Season is a resounding success - as if in tribute to the godmother whose bequest made it possible. And for all that she stands at the heart of a conspiracy that gathers force daily, Cordelia's story is also one of a beautiful young girl entering Society, falling in love for the first time and learning to identify her own feelings. With her use of period detail providing a sumptuous Regency backcloth throughout, Shelia Walsh combines each separate thread of Lady Aurelia's Bequest into a first class romantic thriller.
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  CATHY MAXWELL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  LADY IS TEMPTED
  
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  For Mary Taylor Burton
  
  If I was stuck in the wilds of Virginia,  
  even if it was the middle of a cold and rainy night,  
  and I had to call one person  
  who would come to my side without asking questions  
  and without fail…it’d be you.
  
  I am wealthy in my friends.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  Chapter One
  
  Deborah Percival should have been on her guard from the…
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Relentless rain did not provide an auspicious beginning for a…
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Tony’s hands covered Mrs. Percival’s, and he had the conscious, very…
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Deborah’s mind went blank. She should protest, proclaim her innocence.
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Deborah’s eyes flew open, and she shot out of the…
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Deborah and Tony spent the day in a sensual haze,…
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Deborah felt Tony release himself deep within her—and she wanted…
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Deborah’s first impression of London was of the noise and…
  
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