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  • Published: 24 February 2021
  • ISBN: 9781496720870
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

A Lady Compromised



“Wilde's heroine is not only a useful woman but a highly entertaining one.”
—Kirkus Reviews on And Dangerous to Know
 
Fans of Jane Austen have fallen in love with Darcie Wilde's mystery series featuring Rosalind Thorne, a young woman adept at helping ladies of the ton navigate the darker corners of Regency England--while revealing Society's most shocking secrets...

“Wilde's heroine is not only a useful woman but a highly entertaining one.”
—Kirkus Reviews on And Dangerous to Know
 
Fans of Jane Austen have fallen in love with Darcie Wilde's mystery series featuring Rosalind Thorne, a young woman adept at helping ladies of the ton navigate the darker corners of Regency England--while revealing Society's most shocking secrets...

Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend, Louisa, prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance to see Devon Winterbourne, the newly minted Duke of Casselmaine. Devon and Rosalind were on the verge of betrothal before the infamous Thorne family scandal derailed their courtship. Now Rosalind wonders if there's a chance their love might reignite.

Devon is as handsome as Rosalind remembers and it's clear the attraction they once shared hasn't waned. But their time together is interrupted by one crisis after another--not the least of which is an awkwardly timed request for help from Louisa's friend, Helen Corbyn.

Not long ago, the untimely death of Helen's brother, William, was ruled a suicide, but few people truly believe he took his own life. Helen needs to know what really happened--especially since she's engaged to the man some suspect of secretly killing William.

While Rosalind desperately wants to help, she fears her efforts might cast a pall over Louisa's nuptials, not to mention her reunion with Devon. But when another untimely death rocks the ton, Rosalind has no choice but to uncover the truth before more people die...even if her actions threaten her future with Devon.
 
“A complex, enthralling mystery that rivals those of Anne Perry and Agatha Christie.”
—New York Journal of Books

  • Published: 24 February 2021
  • ISBN: 9781496720870
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $49.99

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Praise for A Lady Compromised

Praise for the Rosalind Thorne Mystery Series

"Rosalind carries the soul of Sherlock Holmes in the world of Elizabeth Bennet, and it's a hard combination to beat." --BookPage on And Dangerous to Know

"Wilde has a sure hand on the reins of her prose, which results in a fast-paced and enjoyable story." --Historical Novel Society on And Dangerous to Know

"Wilde smoothly mixes historical figures and events into a plot that's sure to keep readers turning the pages to see what happens next. Regency fans will be charmed." --Publishers Weekly on And Dangerous to Know

"The Regency frame is skillfully woven through a story that features surprising plot twists and an engaging subplot concerning Rosalind's dilemma over whom to marry--Harkness or a duke who will allow her to reclaim her past." --Booklist on And Dangerous to Know

"Impressive... Wilde brings the haute monde of early 19th-century London to vivid life, and the characters she peoples it with are complex individuals whose basic decency, or lack of it, is carefully hidden behind a facade of manners and propriety." --Publishers Weekly on A Useful Woman

"Wilde has done a masterful job of recreating the tone and language of Austen's England...Rosalind is a spirited, sympathetic heroine... Wilde has given her just enough modern sensibilities to make her relatable but never oversteps in a way that divorces from the realities of the time...Here is a mystery with a nice balance between the salacious and the sad, the gratifying and the tragic." -Criminal Element on A Purely Private Matter