The Jewel Thief
A Ghostly Regency Romance
Book Description
Griffin
Blackstone, the Earl of Blakenheath, is resting in his room after a long
journey to attend a house party at Tallander Castle with his younger sister
Lissy. While she is out exploring the castle grounds with her long-time nanny,
Griffin hears a strange sound in the room adjoining his own and hurries to
investigate, but instead of a maid he discovers a shimmering apparition wearing
his sister Lissy’s jewels.
Upon discovery,
the spirit immediately disappears. Shocked but curious, he tamps down his
initial alarmed instinct to dash out of there and waits for her to reappear.
After all, even if he left she’d still be
there and he can hardly have his sister return to a room bearing a ghost.
But the playful and curious young specter is not easily deterred from her goal
of acquiring the shimmering jewels, and Griffin finds himself in the strange
predicament of trying to understand the ghost—that he discovers is known historically
as the White Silhouette—and her motives.
He nicknames
her Magpie as she is attracted to shiny objects. But his research shows her to
be a young woman named Melissande DeMesurier Tallander who died of influenza a
hundred years earlier.
Tallander
Castle is up for sale, and not only is their hostess, the current Miss
Tallander, hoping for a buyer, but she has also attracted many of the guests to
the party by informing them that they are welcome to search the castle for the
long missing Tallander jewels, though Griffin suspects he knows exactly who has stolen them.
A
mischievous ghost, a bewildered and fascinated earl, a masquerade ball and some
ghostly surprises feature in this lighthearted Regency romance.
Please note that this ghostly tale is
much sweeter than my other books which are often quite spicy. My other titles, In Devlin’s Arms and The Third Dance are sensual. An Aspiring Courtesan and Simply Adored are erotic. But all are
lighthearted nonetheless
