From Publishers Weekly
In this suspenseful Regency, Finch More has resigned herself to spinsterhood at 29, devoting all her energies to the small import businessAoddities and raritiesAthat she runs with her brother. She has loved and lost before, but that doesn't stop her from being attracted to their client, Ross, Viscount Kilrood, despite his superior, boorish attitude. Ross in turn is challenged and aroused by the outspoken Finch, yet he struggles to keep their relationship professional because he's involved in a dangerous and clandestine operation that could topple a kingdom. Despite his fears that his attentions might jeopardize Finch's safety, the two become lovers, and Finch indeed becomes a target: she is mugged, her home burglarized and her brother kidnapped. Ross promises to rescue her brother, but Finch refuses to sit idly by and is determined to save him on her own if she has to. Full of mystery, betrayal and complications, Cameron's (French Quarter) tale comes complete with an eccentric cast of characters, including a meddlesome, match-making ghost and enough villains to keep readers thoroughly entertained. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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THE SPINSTER Finch More, twenty-nine, connoisseur of antique glass, is considered "on the shelf." But when her brother is mysteriously abducted, the world sees the real Finch More . . . a woman of action, a woman of passion--a woman who scorns defeat. AND THE VISCOUNT Ross, Viscount Kilrood, champions quests shunned by the most fearless soldiers of fortune. The man's veins run with molten iron, not blood. He is considered dangerous, if highly eligible. Finch needs Viscount Kilrood to help her find her brother. Ross is willing, but where Finch is concerned he wants more . . . and more. His warning to her is to the point: "Madame, you are under siege." And Finch's response? "Your Lordship, I am ready for you."


About the Author
Stella Cameron is the New York Times/USAToday/Washington Post best-selling, award-winning author of sixty historical and contemporary novels and novellas. Each of her single-title releases has appeared on the WALDENBOOKS mass market, and romance lists, and on the BARNES AND NOBLE list. Stella has won the ROMANTIC TIMES Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense and the ROMANTIC TIMES best Romantic Suspense of the Year Award. She has been a RITA finalist, and is the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Achievement Award for distinguished professional achievement and for enhancing the stature of the Northwest literary community. Current titles include 7B, the third book in the 1820s Mayfair Square series (THE ORPHAN is the fourth book and due out in March, 2002), FRENCH QUARTER, KEY WEST, GLASS HOUSES, all contemporary romantic suspense novels, and the contemporary romantic drama, FINDING IAN. TELL ME WHY, contemporary romantic suspense, is due out in September (2001) and SLOW HEAT, a contemporary anthology is now on sale.

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Finch More, 29, is considered a shy spinster. But when her brother is mysteriously abducted, the world sees the real Finch More, a woman of action, a woman who has tasted the power of passion and likes it--a woman who scorns defeat. But when Finch meets the dangerous Viscount Kilrood, she may have met her match. She needs his help to find her brother; he is willing--but for a price. A price that Finch may surprise herself by paying.

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