Shades of the Past — Sandra Heath

Command Performance

Beautiful Laura Reynolds was a skilled actress -- but never had she played such a dangerously demanding role. For a plunge through a trapdoor in time had catapulted her from the modern London stage into the scandalous world of Regency England, where a woman of the theater was little better than a girl of the streets. And it was here that Laura was cast in a drama of revenge against wealthy, handsome, and arrogant Lord Blair Deveril.

The man of influence and evil who directed her performance told her exactly what she had to do: She would catch Lord Deveril's eye, arouse his senses, capture his heart -- and then brutally break it. But in Deveril's handsome presence, and in his strong arms, Laura felt a stirring within her that was not in the script. No longer did she know who was seducing whom, or whether this trip into the past and this haunting romance would end in tragic betrayal or triumphant true love....