The Heart's Intrigue — Evelyn Bond

DEVIL IN DISGUISE

Lady Clarissa Tregallen preferred the windswept wilds of Cornwall to the jam-packed ballrooms and noisy routs of the London ton, but as the future bride of the tediously respectable Duke of Mainwaring, Clarissa would soon bid her beloved coast farewell and enter Society. She'd resigned herself to a life of stuffy soirees and hare-brained chit-chat-until her evening walk on the beach revealed a wounded stranger. Bryan Deverell was most certainly a spy but undoubtedly a gentleman, and only a complete lout would turn the rogue over to the local dragoons before he'd completely recovered. But would a lady harbor a criminal, no matter how handsome his face or thrilling his kiss?

ANGEL OF MERCY
Bryan Deverell had his motives for keeping mum about his mission in Cornwall, but he could find no good reason for refusing the aid of the lovely Clarissa. He planned to take advantage of her hospitality and quickly be on his way. But his carefully laid plans soon went awry as he found himself curiously reluctant to leave behind the tender ministrations of his charming hostess. Perhaps it was his instant aversion to her betrothed, the odious Duke of Mainwaring. Or perhaps it was that Clarissa was so obviously a lady of passion, and it would take a man of Deverell's stamp to prove it to her...

Hero: Bryan Deverell
Heroine: Lady Clarissa Tregallen