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Quella mattina il corpo del pastore George Glenn giaceva sull'erba irlandese, con una vanga conficcata nel mezzo del ventre. Il gregge di George rimase attonito di fronte a tale visione: chi poteva aver ridotto in quel modo il vecchio George? E perché? Miss Maple, la pecora più intelligente di un gregge ora reso immobile dalla paura e dallo stupore, cominciò a interessarsi di quello strano caso. Inizia così una vera e propria caccia all'uomo, un'indagine ardua nei meandri sconosciuti della comunità umana del piccolo villaggio, tra fraintendimenti (chi capisce l'uomo è bravo!), pericoli d'ogni sorta, false piste, per fiutare passo dopo passo le tracce dell'assassino. Riuscirà Miss Maple, insieme a una galleria di estrosi personaggi-pecore, a fare luce sull'oscura vicenda e a salvare il gregge?
About the author
Julia London is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of A Courtesan's Scandal, Highland Scandal, The Book of Scandal, and fifteen other romantic novels. She lives in Texas.
Summary
The third book in the "superbly entertaining" (Booklist) Regency historical series fromNew York Times bestselling author Julia London.
The would-be Earl of Ashwood sets his romantic sights on a forbidden prize in the enchanting third novel from Julia London's addictively sexy new series.
The surprising news that dashing steward Harrison Tolly, illegitimate son of the Earl of Ashwood, is the rightful heir to his father's estate comes at a most inopportune time. With a wedding on the horizon and a baby on the way, a new life of privilege and prestige would be a blessing but for one problem: his heart belongs to another woman.
Harrison keeps his desires for his employer's wife, Lady Olivia Carey, so hidden that even she does not know of his devotion. Her callous husband, Marquis Carey, went into a rampage after Olivia's troublesome younger sister returned from her tour of Spain pregnant, and Harrison impulsively stepped in to save the entire family from scandal. Now, like Olivia, he is trapped in a loveless arrangement. When a tragic accident claims the marquis' life soon thereafter, can Harrison seize his chance and cast aside one sister for another? Or will doing so expose the Carey family's darkest secret-and ruin his only chance to win Olivia's heart?
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"Julia London writes vibrant, emotional stories and sexy, richly-drawn characters."
-New York Times Bestselling author Madeline Hunter
