Synopsis
This Regency-era romance is book one of the Lost Princesses trilogy. In the early 19th century, the three princesses of the fictional European country of Beaumontagne are thrust into exile, fleeing revolutionaries and foul treachery. Now in Scotland, middle sister Clarice uses her royal status as part of a cosmetics-selling scam, confident that no one will really believe that she's a princess. Her enterprise soon catches the eye of Richard, the Earl of Hepburn, who is ensnared by Clarice's stunning good looks but calculating enough to use her to further his scheme of vengeance against the man who dishonored him.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-05-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 363 pages | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
In a kingdom high in the Pyrenees, three young princesses were forced to flee the chaos in their land -- vanishing without a trace and lost to their people ... until the day a courageous prince can bring the princesses home. One of Scotland's most dangerous men, Robert MacKenzie isdazzled by the enchanting beauty who rides into the town he is sworn to defend. Though he is wary of the exquisite stranger, Clarice stirs emotions within him that Robert buried deeply years before. And now he must have her at any cost, vowing to gain her trust through the powers of his sensuous seduction. Torn between her need to protect her secrets and her aching desire for the dark, tormented earl of Hepburn, Clarice is pulled into Robert's glamorous world ... and into his perilous plan for justice and revenge. And with the winds of treachery swirling around them, a runaway princess must draw Robert's heart from the shadows and make him believein happily-ever-after.
Industry Reviews
"This witty, emotionally powerful, lively romance sparkles with humor and intrigue. Like Clarice, Dodd is selling happiness, and I'm buying!"
Romantic Times BOOKclub - Kathe Robin (07/01/2004)
"...[T]he plot never stops."
Kirkus (05/15/2004)
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