A Secret Love

• Author: Stephanie Laurens
• Publisher: Avon
• Year: July 2000 (ISBN 0-380-80570-7) Paperback
• Setting: 1820, England, Regency
• Amazon Listing: A Secret Love

Book Description

All of Regency London knows that no Cynster male would ever walk away from a lady in distress...but their protection can come at a tantalizingly high price. And now, Stephanie Laurens has created her boldest Cynster yet - Gabriel - a man who has known the pleasure of many women, but who has given his heart to no one.

She was desperate for his help...

'When a mysterious lady, her face hidden by a black veil, begs Gabriel Cynster for his help, he cannot refuse her plea. For despite her disguise, Gabriel finds the woman alluring and he is powerless to deny her. But he exacts payment as only a Cynster would demand: with each piece of information he uncovers, she must pay him – in the form of a kiss.

He was powerless to resist...

Lady Alathea Morwellan knows Gabriel is intrigued, but despite the sparks that fly between them, they have never passed a civil moment together. Yet as the stakes get higher, so does Gabriel's desire for payment. And with each overpowering kiss, each passionate embrace, Alathea knows that she will not be able to resist his ultimate seduction...but what will happen when she reveals the truth?

Awards

• 2000 RT Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee - Best Regency Historical Romance
• 2001 AAR Annual Reader Poll - Most Luscious Love Story

Related Titles

• The Bar Cynster #5, Rupert "Gabriel" Cynster - first generation of cousins
• Lady Alathea's brother, Charles Morwellan, Earl of Meredith, is the hero of A Taste Of Innocence

Reviews

• Romantic Times

Other Editions

UK

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Year: April 2007 (ISBN 0-7499-3720-3)
• Amazon Listing: A Secret Love

Translations

Germany

• Title: Ein unmoralischer Handel
• Publisher: Blanvalet
• Year: March 2006 (ISBN 3-442-36099-4)
• Amazon Listing: Ein unmoralischer Handel