Not a Fine Gentleman
(Rogue Hearts, #5)
By Donna Hatch
Historical Romance
Paperback and ebook, 448 Pages
June 18, 2020 by Mirror Lake Press LLC
Lady Margaret secretly yearns for love, but fate has exchanged wedded bliss for a lie. When she is caught hovering over her cheating husband’s dead body, she is instantly doomed to hang for his murder. Without hope for justice, Margaret flees into the night alone.
A cynical Bow Street Constable, Connor Jackson, vows to bring the fugitive Lady Margaret to face the law—but, he doesn’t expect sparks to fly between them. Could the strong yet tender lady truly be a killer?
As more suspects—and even more condemning evidence—surface, the less certain Connor is of his duty. He must choose between his growing feelings for Lady Margaret and the demands of justice. Will the truth tear them apart or set them free to find love?
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Excerpt
Margaret had no one to blame
for her current misery but herself. She’d been so blinded by the opportunity
for an advantageous match, and so proud she’d garnered the attention of a
handsome, charming marquis, that she’d failed to notice his legion character
flaws until too late. Now, sixteen years into her marriage, she had few options
but to keep a brave face and pretend her heart hadn’t been broken a hundred
times over.
As she
climbed out of the carriage, Margaret stopped her line of thought. No
need to become maudlin. She marched up the front steps of the Hennessy London
House and passed the neoclassical columns flanking the entrance. Lights blazed
in the windows and spilled out through the fanlight over the front door, even
though neither Margaret nor her erstwhile husband had been at home this eve.
Gibbs met her at the door and
looked down his nose at her. “Good evening, Lady Hennessy.” The butler’s first
loyalty clearly lay with his lord; he served Margaret with a subtle but
unmistakable resentment.
“Good evening, dear Gibbs,”
she said in a mockingly sweet voice as she handed him her cloak and gloves, and contemplated stabbing him with her hatpin just to see if
he’d bleed.
About the Author
Multi-award-winning author of more than twenty best-selling Regency Historical Romances, Donna Hatch is a hopeful romantic and an adventurer at heart. Each book she writes is filled with wit and heart and plenty of swoon-worthy romance. Donna sings, plays the harp, and loves to ballroom dance. Her family, including six children and two cats, recently left their native Arizona for the Pacific coast of the US. No matter where they live, she and her husband of over twenty years are proof that there truly is a happily ever after.
Tour Schedule
Tour Giveaway
- One winner will receive ebooks of the first four books in the Rogue Hearts series, The Stranger She Married, The Guise of a Gentleman, A Perfect Secret and The Suspect's Daughter.
- Four winners will each receive an ebook of the first book in the Rogue Hearts series, The Stranger She Married.
- Open internationally
- Ends July 1, 2020
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