Rita Award
2003 · Regency Romance · Finalist
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A Clever Charade
After the untimely deaths of his estranged father and actress stepmother, Marcus Hadley returns home for the first time in years. Desperate to make amends for protesting the doomed couple's marriage, he has decided to take charge of the young stepsister he never knew...
But Julia is not a child any longer. She and group of her actor friends have been living on the estate Marcus once called his home -- and she knows Marcus will not approve. After all, he despised her mother-- and she was an actress. To save her friends from his scorn, Julia demands that they play new roles in her household--as servants. But when she discovers that Marcus is a changed man, she stops worrying about losing her home--and starts to wonder if she's losing her heart...
After the untimely deaths of his estranged father and actress stepmother, Marcus Hadley returns home for the first time in years. Desperate to make amends for protesting the doomed couple's marriage, he has decided to take charge of the young stepsister he never knew...
But Julia is not a child any longer. She and group of her actor friends have been living on the estate Marcus once called his home -- and she knows Marcus will not approve. After all, he despised her mother-- and she was an actress. To save her friends from his scorn, Julia demands that they play new roles in her household--as servants. But when she discovers that Marcus is a changed man, she stops worrying about losing her home--and starts to wonder if she's losing her heart...
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