| I Thee Wed Contributor(s): Quick, Amanda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553574108 ISBN-13: 9780553574104 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears -- until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests -- and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma... For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams -- and even her very life.... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Regency - Fiction | Romance - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98037168 |
| Series: Vanza |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 4.2" W x 6.96" (0.40 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears--until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests--and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma... For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams--and even her very life.... |