In London, Jim Beauregard, a young manager at an import trading firm is having problems with shipments coming from mainland Chinese factories. In Hong Kong, Theo Scrimple, a washed-up expatriate police inspector, is alerted to a murder plot by a bar-girl who then turns up dead. Although it's not his case, he tries to investigate. Inadvertently the two protagonists begin unravelling an ambitious conspiracy of Chinese businessmen and generals that could change the entire political map of Asia.
It's 1987 and in ten years' time Britain will hand back the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China. Detective-Inspector Scrimple hasn't solved a crime in years, his bosses hate him, his friends laugh at him and he hasn't had a real girlfriend since he left England to join the Royal Hong Kong Police. But all of that is about to change. When the dead body of a prominent expatriate is found in a garbage room and Scrimple is sent to investigate, his boring, mediocre life is turned upside down as he gets involved with a gorgeous nightclub hostess, incurs the wrath of a powerful Triad boss and is finally betrayed by his colleagues.
Jackie Morgan is the manager of a Hong Kong based Sourcing Office. When her boss comes into town and tells her she might lose her job because the company needs to cut costs, Jackie blames it on the arrogant Anthony Ryde whom she suspects of trying to steal her customers. But having witnessed a terrible crime, her comfortable expat existence is turned upside down and it seems she has little choice but to ask Anthony for his help.
Scrimple, a former Hong Kong police inspector, is enjoying his job running the Bangkok office of an English trading firm. Until the day his old boss, Assistant Commissioner Bottle, turns up asking for a favour. Reluctantly Scrimple agrees. All he has to do is buy an apartment for a girl whom he assumes is Bottle's Thai mistress. Bottle even hands him a briefcase full of cash. But when Scrimple goes to view the apartment, he finds a dead body. And soon he is being framed not only for this murder, but four more. The more he ducks, dives and runs, the worse things get for him, until he can think of only one solution. He has to ask for help from a man who scares him more than anyone he has ever met in his life: another former Hong Kong policeman—the Perfect Killer.
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Anne Delamere is outraged when she discovers that infamous rogue, the Earl of Staverton, has trifled with her cousin, Cassie. Planning revenge on Cassie's behalf, Anne is nearly run over by a racing curricle, only to be rescued by a handsome man. With one kiss of gratitude, Anne loses her heart--only to find that her savior is Staverton himself!
Marianne Pamberley had one goal for the coming Season -- to make a brilliant match! After years of doing without at Lady Brook Cottage, her sister's fine marriage had brought Marianne all the dowry she needed to take London by storm. So what if her dear friend, Jaspar -- a former stable hand -- disapproved. Now, if he would only stop kissing her so wickedly, she knew she could accomplish her objective in record time!
Desperate to convince the conceited Lord Launceston to lend her his ancient castle for a masquerade ball, Lady Alexandra Staple is willing to surrender a kiss. What Alexandra doesn't know is that Launceston has wagered with his friends that he can seduce her. And what he doesn't know is the he is about to lose his heart.
High-spirited Diana matches wits and words with handsome Captain Everard to convince him to fall in love with her--and her sister. King is the author of A Daring Wager, A Rogue's Masquerade, and Reluctant Bride. Regency Romance.
In an effort to avoid an arranged marriage, Laurentia elopes with the first stranger she encounters. The last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. But in the season of Christmas miracles, anything can happen.
When Lady Alison Amesbury seized the chance to brush against the famous poet Lord Byron at a scandalous masquerade, she thought it would bring her adventure. But what it brought was the most exasperating man--elegant, arrogant Lord Richfield. And soon, Alison found herself a pawn in a vengeful scheme, where amour and assignation could threaten her life--and put her heart in danger.
A delightful new frolic from the author of The Reluctant Bride, The Fanciful Heiress, and The Willful Widow. While protecting his ward, a worldly gentleman and a young lady who is trying to secure her sister's future are caught off-guard by their undeniable attraction to each other. Original Regency Romance.
Walking along the drab, grey streets past bomb craters and piles of rubble, I day-dreamed about a more romantic world where people spoke exotic languages, played music, and sang and danced with passion.' Trapped in the austerity of post-war London, 20-year-old Valerie Barnes dreamt of the good times promised by the wartime songs. Then two chance meetings catapulted her into a high-flying career at the UN in Geneva and the arms of a glamorous Frenchman... Joining an elite breed of independent women who travelled the world in the 1950s and 1960s, Valerie lived a jetset life as an interpreter, working in exotic locales and rubbing shoulders with prime ministers and presidents. At the same time she was juggling a Swiss chalet home, three children and a love- rat of a husband back in Geneva. But whatever Valerie did, she threw herself into it with zest. From dancing flamenco to being kidnapped in Cairo, wooed as wife number 14 by an African president or falling for a passionate Pole, Valerie's tales from home and abroad make A FOREIGN AFFAIR a lively, funny, utterly delightful memoir.
Merry Fairchild is determined to catch the irresistible but elusive Lord Rayneworth--hero of her girlhood dreams--before he marries the dour, impossibly dull Honoria Yougreave on Christmas Day. Only Merry will be able to teach this glum lord the true meaning of Christmas . . . and the true meaning of love. Regency romance.
Julianna runs from her parent's Yorkshire estate to escape from an arranged marriage and meets a dashing stranger. To her utter surprise, he is the groom she's never met. Written by the author of such Zebra Regencies as My Lady Vixen, Captivated Hearts, and A Lady's Gambit. A Zebra Regency Romance.
When she first heard the Marquis of Brandreth's boast that he would make her fall in love with him, Lady Evanthea Swanbourne could not help but laugh. The nerve of the man! But soon she found her heart turning toward love. For Brandreth, holding Lady Evanthea in his arms turned his deception into desire. How could either of them suspect that Lady Cupid was interfering with their hearts? Regency Romance.
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