Never Lie to a Lady by Liz Carlyle

The notorious Marquis of Nash is a creature of the night; his wealth and his title provide but a tenuous entrée into polite society. With his Eastern European manners and dark elegance, Nash tempts women even as he tempts the scandalmongers. Rumors abound of the men he has bankrupted and the hearts he has broken. But when Nash leaves his lair for a rare foray into the ton, and enjoys a moment of heated passion with a mysterious lady in the dark, he develops an obsession which will lead him into the hellish world of smugglers, spies, and political intrigue as the Continent edges nearer to war.

Xanthia Neville has arrived in London to expand her family’s most lucrative business holding—Neville Shipping. With her brother Rothewell all too happy to waste his life in debauchery, Xanthia opens up shop in London’s grimy Docklands, and sets about expanding the family fortune, all the while flaunting the ton’s silly strictures about how a lady ought to behave. But London, she soon learns, is not Barbados. And when the British Government approaches Rothewell to ask the family’s help in exposing a dangerous arms dealer, Xanthia must enter society after all, only to find her loyalties torn. Someone in London is fueling the conflict on the Balkan Peninsula by smuggling illicit weapons into the Aegean—and there is only one likely suspect. The Marquis of Nash has the resources, the contacts and, quite possibly, the deeply divided loyalties. But can Xanthia’s subterfuge prove him a traitor to the Crown before her heart is broken?

I am very excited about this series. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am. I loved, loved, loved the kick off for this trilogy and in fact it was my favorite of all the stories in the anthology, The School for Heiresses.

There was just something about the characters. They are not your normal regency fare and there is an excitement crackling just under the surface. And I think it will be one amazing show when it blows.

You can check out the excerpt here. And join us in June when Liz comes by to guest. Bring questions, it should be fun as Liz will be yet another author newbie to blogland. No I have no idea if we will be her first… but like I always say I am sure we will be her best *eg*.

It should be a blast. And then we can gobble this up and start whining for Never Deceive a Duke, which lucky for us or maybe lucky for Liz *g* will be out in July!