Book description
Olivia Bevelstroke, the only daughter of the Earl of Rudland, is
beautiful and has a sizeable dowry. Yet at the age of twenty-one she is
still unmarried, causing people to whisper behind her back, 'What is she
waiting for? A prince?' But Olivia isn't cold or stuck up, and neither
is she a hopeless romantic. She's just waiting for something - or
someone. Sir Harry Valentine, a war veteran, is now back in London
working in secret for the War Office and keeping an eye on his wayward
younger brother. Rumour has it that he killed his fiancée, which
intrigues Olivia. She thinks her new next-door neighbour looks the part,
and even if he isn't a murderer, he's certainly up to something. Then a
real-live Russian prince comes to town, sparking intrigue. He has his
eye on Olivia, but so does Harry, who's been ordered to spy on the
prince - and thus by extension, Olivia. But will what he finds out about
her bring her closer to his heart? Julia Quinn started writing her
first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away
at her keyboard ever since. She is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe
colleges and lives with her family in Colorado.
