Dear Readers,

I’ve received the following report from one of my regular correspondents. What will the aristocracy get up to next?

Dear Mr. Clemens,

You will be well aware of the reappearance in town of the Earl of C’s scandalous widow, Lady C. The goings-on at the C’s country estate have been the talk of the town for years. Her disappearance for the last year has whetted all of our appetites for news, and I have made a special point of calling on her. For the good of society, you understand; Lady C was an upstart who trapped the late earl into marriage.

It is well known that upon her husband’s death, Lady C was left with very little, and even that might be a matter of the lady foisting a fraudulent will upon the court. The esteemed Lord D has filed a counterclaim, alleging that Lord C executed a new will shortly before his death, a new will that has disappeared.

That counterclaim hasn’t stopped the widow from living in Lord C’s homes and spending whatever money she can lay hands on while the heir’s return is delayed. Or, I should write, was delayed. For as it happens, I was privileged to be present when the late earl’s cousin walked through the door of Lady C’s drawing room. What surprise on his face! What consternation on hers!

I shall be certain to write again with more news soon.

Your faithful correspondent

Her Impeccable Scoundrel

Anxious to save a cherished inheritance, Blythe Blatchfield, widowed Countess of Chilcombe, knows she must repair her reputation with the Beau Monde in order to face the powerful marquess challenging her dissolute husband’s will. She vows to resist handsome rogues like her late husband, and to never again give her trust so blithely. But when the new earl, absent from England for many years, finally appears, new rumors swirl around Blythe. Facing the loss of everything, she finds herself needing the help of an old enemy, the man whose interference years earlier led to her unhappy marriage, the new Earl of Chilcombe.

Called back to England to take up his late cousin’s title, diplomat Graeme Blatchfield is eager to see his cousin’s widow and learn for himself whether the rumors about the woman he once held a childish infatuation for are true. Having plunged into marriage with the last earl—Graeme’s fault for revealing their tryst—she’s been tainted by her husband’s decadence.  Forced by matters of the estate to spend time together, he soon discovers the vulnerable and lonely woman beneath the society mask. Can he get her to forgive him—and more?

Book #44 in the Wicked Widows League multi-author series

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About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature but prefers the happier world of romance fiction. Her roots are in the Midwestern U.S., but after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern California where she shares a midcentury home with a golden-eyed terrier and a feisty chihuahua and only occasionally misses snow.

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