I thee wed

Description:

It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears--until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant.Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests--and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams--and even her very life....From the Paperback edition. Vanza Series: With This Ring (Vanza, #1) I Thee Wed (Vanza, #2) Wicked Widow (Vanza, #3) Lie by Moonlight (Vanza, #4)

subjects: Social life and customs,  Fiction,  Ficción,  Regency fiction,  Historical Romance,  Vida social y costumbres,  Romance,  Fiction, romance, historical,  England, fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, romance, historical, general,  Manners and customs,  History

Places: London (England),  London (Inglaterra),  England,  Great Britain,  London

Times: 19th century,  Siglo XIX,  regency,  George III, 1760-1820