Caprice — Laura Parker

IT WAS A BOLD FRAUD, AN ARTFUL DECEIT...

The ravishing, veiled beauty swept into London society on a cloud of mystery and intrigue. Who was Princess Soltana El Djemal, who conquered the fickle ton? Clarissa Willoughby's harmless deception was designed to open Almack's doors, otherwise closed to a young widow ready to shed her weeds. "Princess Soltana" could fool them all, including the rakehell corsair who had stolen Clarissa's breath with a kiss at Portsmouth Landing. But how long could the deception continue, when dashing Hadrian Blackburne pursued "Soltana" with a passion that made Clarissa jealous of the exotic temptress she knew was a sham....

A GAME PLAYED FOR BODY AND SOUL

He returned from the dead -- and Waterloo -- only to be taken captive by the elusive Princess Soltana, whose game of love was more perilous than war. But beneath the civilized veneer of Hadrian Blackburne, Lord Ramsbury, beat the heart of a very dangerous man, a master of the game determined to unveil the shadowy seductress, to brand her with passion, bend her to his will....