β Scribed by STEPHANIE LAURENS
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens knows the world of Regency London...especially the exclusive enclave of luxury in which the aristocracy lived in wealth and comfort. But outside that glittering circle lay another world...and Laurens pulls back the curtain that has hidden it from usβuntil now.
Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantageβwealth, position, and beauty. Yet Penelope is anything but a pretty face in a satin gownβforceful, willful, and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to caring for the forgotten orphans of London's sooty and seamier streets.
But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man she knows who might help herβBarnaby Adair.
Handsome scion of a noble house, Adair has made a name for himself in certain circles where his powers of observation and deduction have seen him solve several serious...
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