For duty, for honour, for love
Bound by honour and family ties, three brave men fought for their lives in France â¦
Now, back in the drawing rooms of England, they face a new battle as three beautiful women lay siege to their scarred hearts!
COURTED BY THE CAPTAIN December 2013
PROTECTED BY THE MAJOR January 2014
DRAWN TO LORD RAVENSCAR February 2014
This is the first of a new Regency trilogy: Officers and Gentlemen. The story of Jenny and Adam is charged with drama when Adamâs cousin is murdered and the cousins, who have formed a lasting friendship, set out to discover the culprit. Adam also has the added problem of trying to rescue his grandfatherâs debt-laden estates without marrying an heiress. Jenny seems a brave and beautiful young woman, for whom he immediately feels a deep attraction, but if he is to rescue his grandfather it seems he needs a rich bride. Jenny is nursing a secret of her own, which she dares not reveal ⦠though perhaps it might solve Adamâs problem.
I hope my readers will enjoy this Regency love story, which has a good sprinkling of intrigue and adventure, and will look forward to the stories of Hallam and Paul Ravenscar. I always like to hear what my readers thinkâyou can e-mail me through my website: www.lindasole.co.uk
Previous novels by the same author:
THE RAKEâS REBELLIOUS LADY
A COUNTRY MISS IN HANOVER SQUARE*
AN INNOCENT DEBUTANTE IN HANOVER SQUARE*
THE MISTRESS OF HANOVER SQUARE*
FORBIDDEN LADYâ
THE LORDâS FORCED BRIDEâ
THE PIRATEâS WILLING CAPTIVEâ
HER DARK AND DANGEROUS LORDâ
BOUGHT FOR THE HAREM
HOSTAGE BRIDE
THE DISAPPEARING DUCHESS**
THE MYSTERIOUS LORD MARLOWE**
THE SCANDALOUS LORD LANCHESTER**
CAPTAIN MOORCROFTâS CHRISTMAS BRIDE
(part of Candlelit Christmas Kisses)
A STRANGERâS TOUCHâ
HIS UNUSUAL GOVERNESS
PROMISED TO THE CRUSADER
*A Season in Town
â The Melford Dynasty
**Secrets and Scandals
And in the Regency series
The Steepwood Scandal:
LORD RAVENSDENâS MARRIAGE
COUNTERFEIT EARL
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ANNE HERRIES lives in Cambridgeshire, where she is fond of watching wildlife and spoils the birds and squirrels that are frequent visitors to her garden. Anne loves to write about the beauty of nature, and sometimes puts a little into her books, although they are mostly about love and romance. She writes for her own enjoyment, and to give pleasure to her readers. Anne is a winner of the Romantic Novelistsâ Association Romance Prize. She invites readers to contact her on her website: www.lindasole.co.uk
Prologue
âBy God, we did it!â The four cousins looked at each other in triumph. The news had just arrived that Napoleon was in retreat. After days of bitter fighting, when it had seemed that Wellingtonâs troops must suffer defeat, even a rout, their astute general had turned the tide. âWeâve suffered terrible losses, but weâve done it.â
Each of the four men had been wounded. Mark Ravenscar, the eldest, had but a scratch on his cheek and some slight damage to his sword-hand. Since he was generally considered to be a lucky so-and-so, handsome, rich and favoured by the gods, that was, in the opinion of his friends, hardly to be wondered at. His younger brother Paul had wounds to his head, right arm and left thigh, but was still amongst the walking wounded. Hallam Ravenscar, their eldest cousin, also had a head wound and another to his left arm, and Adam Miller, their cousin through the female line, was severely wounded in his right shoulder. However, they had all been patched up by the surgeon and none of them were considered in danger of their lives. Indeed, their wounds had merely made them first in line for transport home to England.
âBoney is done for,â Hallam said. âOld Hookey wonât let him off so easily this time. He escaped from Elba to cause chaos once more, but he wasnât the same man. Even so, he canât be allowed to run riot again. They will have to make sure heâs confined securely.â
âWell, weâve survived and thatâs what matters,â Mark said and smiled at his cousins. âAt last I can marry Lucy.â
âYou lucky dog.â Adam grinned as he clapped him on the shoulder. âLucy Dawlish is the most beautiful girl Iâve ever seen. You have it all, my friendâa wonderful life waiting for you in England.â
Markâs eyes reflected concern as he nodded. âAlmost too perfect,â he said. âYouâll come about, Adam. Your grandfather has the title of earl and a large estate...â
âMost of which is mortgaged,â Adam said gloomily. âThe earl feels it to be my duty to marry an heiress. This little sortie was my escape from being thrust into a marriage I could not stomach.â