Beloved, the final book in Mary Lancaster’s Regency Romance series, The Duel, has recently been released.
Miss Olivia Rainey is the illegitimate daughter of the evil Anthony Severne, the right-hand man of the old Duke of Cuttyngham. The old duke died during a duel, but the mystery at the heart of the first three books is whether or not the duel was the true cause of his death. Olivia was witness to something that suggests it was not. And if it was not, the new Duke of Cuttyngham may be in grave danger. Despite having strong reasons for not wanting to meet the new duke, her conscience propels her to Cuttyngs.
Victor Severne is the new duke. Readers have met him in the previous books. A brooding intellectual, anti-social because of a deformed leg and a lifetime of being bullied and humiliated by his father, Victor has acquired an unjust reputation as a monster. When Olivia appears at his estate with some wild tale of unspecified danger, he doesn’t trust her. Especially not when he learns she is the daughter of his distant cousin Anthony.
Nevertheless, he invites her to stay at his estate. The more time they spend together, the more drawn to one another they become. And when threats to Victor’s life become manifest, he and Olivia join forces to learn who is responsible. The guilty party must be the same man who caused the old duke’s death. Victor and Olivia reunite with relatives from the first three books in Brussels on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo for the conclusion of this wonderful historical romance/mystery series. Start with book 1 - Entangled!
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