The trick was to disappear without a trace, leaving behind me the shadow of a corpse, a shadow everyone would mistake for solid
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Impetuous beauty Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a notorious woman. Her mother
- Georgiana, the Duchess of Hawkscliffe
- had scandalised society with her affairs & exploits, earning her the moniker of the Hawkscliffe Harlot. All her life Jacinda has been aware that the eyes of the ton are upon her
- waiting for her to reveal her true colours & follow in her disgraced mother's footsteps. Now
- faced with the prospect of an arranged & loveless marriage
- Jacinda may well be about to prove her critics right. Running from her fate, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves. Jacinda finds herself dangerously attracted to the handsome, mysterious rogue & only just escapes the experience with her reputation intact. But Billy is no ordinary criminal. Years before he had turned his back on the privilege & power of his tyrannical father, the Earl of Rackford, a small price to pay for the freedom he currently enjoys. But Jacinda makes him contemplate the unthinkable
- returning to the civilised world to reclaim his title.