{"product_id":"2940154523056","title":"Wicked Deception (Regency Sinners 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWicked Deception is the 4th book in USA Today Bestseller Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Amazon #1 Regency Sinners series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note: All the books in the very sexy Regency Sinners series are complete and HEA stories. The stories are connected by the friendship of the eight heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaximillian Smythe, the Earl of Carlton, is the fourth of the eight gentleman, known as The Sinners, tasked with proving or disproving the guilt of a lady in Society as being a spy for Napoleon, and a traitor to the English Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lady Maxim is to investigate is his young and beautiful widowed stepmother, Lady Heather Smythe, the Dowager Countess of Carlton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim remembers Heather as being passionate and wild as the rugged Cornish coastline where she resides with her young son. Ralph is Maxim’s half-brother and his heir since their father died eighteen months ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather is far from pleased when her arrogant stepson, Maxim Smythe, arrives at Treganon House for an unexpected visit. She is only too well aware of the contempt Maxim’s has for her. As she holds less than fond memories of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment of Maxim’s arrival they treat each other with suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather believes Maxim, a friend of the Prince Regent, to be in Cornwall to investigate the smuggling in the area. Something her family has been involved in for several centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim knows Heather is hiding something but he is unsure if it is her role as a spy for the imprisoned usurper, Napoleon, or something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the turbulent seas roil and crash in the cove beneath Treganon House, the desire and passion Maxim and Heather once shared flares back into life, and this time refuses to be extinguished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore books by Carole Mortimer:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegency Sinners Series:\u003cbr\u003eWicked Torment (Regency Sinners 1)\u003cbr\u003eWicked Surrender (Regency Sinners 2)\u003cbr\u003eWicked Scandal (Regency Sinners 3)\u003cbr\u003eWicked Deception (Regency Sinners 4)\u003cbr\u003eWicked Captive (Regency Sinners 5) Coming Soon\u003cbr\u003eMore books to come in this series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragon Hearts Series:\u003cbr\u003eNATHANIEL (Dragon Hearts 1)\u003cbr\u003eDERYK (Dragon Hearts 2)\u003cbr\u003eBRYN (Dragon Hearts 3)\u003cbr\u003eDYLAN (Dragon Hearts 4) Coming Soon\u003cbr\u003eMore books to come in this paranormal romance series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegency Unlaced Series: 9 book Regency series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Knight Security Series – spin-off to Alpha Series: 7 book Romantic Suspense series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Alpha Series: 8 book Romantic Suspense series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarole Mortimer has written 228 books, in contemporary, Regency and paranormal romance, and is the Recipient of the 2017 Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, and the 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carole Mortimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122758402288,"sku":"2940154523056","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154523056_p0.jpg?v=1764070340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154523056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}