But Jamie is restless, searching for something he can't seem to find, trying to live up to his potential as the son of a genius. The son and heir of Ian Mackenzie, Jamie has roamed the world encountering adventure after adventure, and now he's back home to settle down as he promised his family. But Jamie appears everywhere in London, assisting Evie and her sisters, becoming friends with her fiancé, and agreeing to be drawn into the heist Evie has planned in order to save her best friend's father from ruin. When she fished him out again, he shocked her with a searing, bold kiss before walking away in dripping wet shirt and kilt.Įvie has no business reveling in memories of Jamie then and the nearness of him now-she is betrothed to a respectable man from a respectable and wealthy family. When Evie McKnight slams into Jamie Mackenzie on a quay on Southampton, she flashes back to the day she accidentally knocked him into the river Cam.
Even if you pushed him into a river ten years ago. For not only does he know she's innocent, he recognizes he's falling for the lovely lady.įellows is Louisa's only hope of restoring her family's honor-and it is he alone who intrigues Louisa in a way that may be even more scandalous than murder. He has shared two passionate kisses with Lady Louisa-and vows to clear her name. The problem comes to the ears of Detective Inspector Lloyd Fellows, by-blow of the decadent Scottish Mackenzie family and an inspector for Scotland Yard. She enters the Marriage Mart with all flags flying, determined to find the right bachelor.īut Louisa's hopes are dashed when the Bishop of Hargate drops dead at her feet-and she is shockingly accused of murder! Soon, Louisa's so-called friends begin shunning her, because the company of a suspected killer is never desirable in polite society. He needs to be a man of fortune and highly respectable in order to restore both her family's lost wealth and reputation.
To redeem her family's disgraced name, Lady Louisa Scranton has decided to acquire a proper husband.
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