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In the works and coming from HQN Books in October 2010: Whisper of Scandal A new Regency historical set in London and the Arctic! (Yes, I like to try different and unusual settings for my stories!) When David Ware, an eminent Arctic explorer, dies, he leaves his secret illegitimate daughter to the care of his wife and his best friend. Fashionable Ton hostess Lady Joanna Ware and Alexander, Lord Grant disagree from the moment they first meet, so how are they ever to stay civil long enough to join forces and rescue the orphaned baby girl? Saving Nina takes them from the celebrity salons and balls of Regency London to the frozen wastes of the North Pole and tests both of them - and their emotions - to the very limit... For what will happen when their hostility turns to an equally passionate desire? Whisper of Scandal is the first in a new six book series for HQN Books called Scandalous Women of the Ton and will be on sale in October 2010. Book 2 in the series, One Wicked Sin, will be out in November 2010 and Book 3, Mistress By Midnight will be out in December 2010. Here is a sneak peek from Whisper of Scandal Chapter 6: In the street the night was dark and hot. The pugilist club members were spilling out of the inn now that the bout was over, raucous and full of ale and good humour with the money they had won. When they saw Joanna a ragged cheer broke over the crowd. They surrounded her, pressing close, bowing, wanting to kiss her hand. She saw Alex watching, his expression darkly disapproving in the glow of the lamplight and she felt reckless and defiant and blew kisses to all her admirers. The riotous mood of the crowd swelled; Alex’s frown correspondingly deepened. Two pinks of the Ton made an elaborate leg to Joanna, competing to quote sonnets in her praise whilst the more disorderly elements in the throng booed so loudly that Joanna felt obliged to intervene before there was a breach of the peace. “Go home and sleep it off, Lord Selsey,” she said, when one sprig of nobility tried to kiss her and almos |
