Taming a Gentleman Spy - The Spies of
Mayfair Book #2
by Maggi
Andersen
BLURB:
John
Haldane, Earl of Strathairn, is on an urgent mission to find the killer of his
fellow spy. After visiting the young widow of one of his agents, Strathairn
strengthens his resolve. A spy should never marry, and most certainly not to
Lady Sibella Winborne, with her romantic ideas of love and marriage. Unable to
give Sibella up entirely, he has kept her close as a friend. Then, weak fool
that he is, he kissed her.
Excerpt
Sibella’s brother Edward stood at her shoulder. “I’ve come
to claim you for the next dance, before any of your admirers beat me to it.”
“I shouldn’t worry, many are losing interest,” she said crisply,
rising from her chair.
He eyed her as they entered the dance floor. “Losing hope,
more like.”
As they moved through the steps of the quadrille, he dropped
quiet remarks in her ear.
“Give up on Strathairn, Sib.”
“I don’t believe, I—” They parted, and by the time the steps
brought them back together, she’d given up protesting. Edward had inherited
their mother’s astute nature.
“It’s not that I don’t like him. I do very much. But he’s
not for you.”
“You needn’t worry. He doesn’t wish to marry.”
Her brother raised a black eyebrow. “Oh, I believe you could
sway him toward marriage, if you set your mind to it. That’s not the reason.”
“Then what is the reason?”
“Chaloner hears things in the House of Lords. I can’t repeat
them.”
“So he tells you but not me.”
Edward shrugged with a smile and moved away.
“Why does such mystery surround the Earl of Strathairn?” she
hissed at him when she next got a chance.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Maggi
Andersen fell in love with the Georgian and Regency worlds after reading the
books of Georgette Heyer. Victoria Holt's Gothic Victorian novels were also
great favorites.
She has
raised three children and gained a BA and an MA in Creative Writing. After
husband David retired from the law, they moved to the beautiful Southern
Highlands of Australia.
Maggi's free
time is spent enjoying her garden and the local wildlife, reading, movies and
the theatre. She keeps fit swimming and visiting the gym.
Maggi is a
multi-published author, and writes mysteries and young adult novels as well as
her Georgian, Regency and Victorian romances.
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