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TERRY ANN TAYLOR
"...Lara Croft with petticoats and outrageous hats...rushing to rescue the day and save the weakest..."
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"...the plot was well schemed, complicated and crafted with talent, with many ups and downs, betrayals, high-speed chases and close combats."
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A Perilous Liaison
Book Two
An Olivia Featherstone Adventure
The devilishly talented and wickedly irresistible Miss Olivia Featherstone
returns for another rousing escapade in her latest Regency adventure
After foiling a treacherous plan in Leicestershire, Olivia has succumbed to the strictures of her family and is hosting a society ball. However, when the enigmatic and alluring Delavel Chêne-Craven arrives bleeding in the entry of her Half Moon residence before the company has even gone in to supper, she is once again catapulted into the perilous world of international intrigue. This time the hopeful emergence of an independent Greece out of the still-powerful Ottoman Empire is testing alliances, and widening fractures in England’s ruling classes.
With Craven injured, Olivia enthusiastically seizes the reins of the investigation into a nefarious conspiracy around her beau, and to hunt the enemies that threaten the very heart of the British establishment.
From the rustic countryside of Middlesex to the elegance of Berkeley Square, Olivia in her infallible manner pursues her malevolent foes, rushing against time to unravel why and who is behind the villainous scheme.
And finally … how can she convince Craven that merging their skills is not only prudent but ingenious. And what will she do if he cannot be swayed?
An Intriguing Deception
Book One
An Olivia Featherstone Adventure
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Miss Olivia Featherstone, residing in late Regency 1820s London, is not your usual dutiful debutante. She much prefers adventure to balls and morning visits: riding at death-defying speeds, throwing daggers at villains and pitting her intelligence and careful training against scoundrels who seek to harm her family.
Enter society’s darling, Delavel Chêne-Craven, a mysterious aristocrat with unknowable ties to governments foreign and domestic: suave, rakish, skilled in dissimulation and manipulation.
Craven sees Olivia as a gorgeous but irritating amateur about to upset his carefully calibrated long con, while she considers herself his perfect working companion. They form an uneasy alliance, but the more she pushes her family’s agenda the more his mission — and their very lives — are endangered.
How can they each stay the course of their own scheme when they’re both so distracted by the growing companionship, mutual respect, and irresistible spark between them?
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Review July 2024
"...An Intriguing Deception is a racy Regency romp, a dash through 1820s London and into the countryside beyond where one particular smug, scripted Regency house party is not as it seems. Dastardly deeds are planned and must be stopped, lest the French monarchy be placed in terrible peril. Enter the least predictable Regency heroine I have ever encountered, Miss Olivia Featherstone. Miss Featherstone is the first genteel Regency miss I have met who can capably defend herself, account for several hefty villains and a careering coach, all while remaining modestly attired (well, mostly). She is so far removed from the traditional blushing, bosomy Regency maidens I have come across that I had to stifle my astonishment.
Highly recommended. Catherine McCullagh
A Curious Engagement
Book 3
An Olivia Featherstone Adventure
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As much as Miss Olivia Featherstone relishes the challenge of a new mystery, her priority is to demonstrate to her brothers and Craven—the darling of society—that she is a dependable investigator. The carrot of working in the Foreign Office is far too enticing.
So when one of London’s most eligible bachelors seeks her assistance in hunting down the felons that seek to put a period to his existence, she petitions her brother for permission to investigate. Surely this will be a remarkable opportunity to prove her worth.
During an increasingly unorthodox mission, Olivia must face her own demons and the annoyingly lackadaisical manner of Craven. Because this time the prize is too great—and will her heart ever be the same again.
Alas, nothing is straightforward, and as Olivia delves into her charges plight, she discovers with horror that maybe she has become the hunted and not the huntress!
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