Midnight Masquerade — Joan Smith

HE WAS A PERFECT RAPSCALLION, BUT ALL HE STOLE WERE LADIES' HEARTS....

Lord Belami fancied himself a sleuth. So when the Duchess of Charney's diamond necklace was stolen during a midnight ball at his home, he knew he had to find it.

He also found that Deirdre Gower, to whom he was reluctantly engaged, had suddenly become very interesting. Deirdre, for her part, found her engagement a chore. She had only accepted his offer to escape an unsavory alliance with another.

But even though she decided to let Lord Belami out of the engagement, she could not forget the burning glance of his eyes on hers....