Mirage

In this game of hearts, winner takes all. Sapphira Vardon needs five thousand pounds to avoid a cruel marriage and a grim future, and there’s only one path for her. Don a mask and an assumed name, and risk everything to win at the gaming tables. First, though, she has to get through the door. Luckily she knows just whose name to drop. Corin, Lord Elston, is curious to find out who used his name to gain entrance to Mother Brown’s whorehouse and gaming hell. The enigmatic woman who calls herself Lydia isn’t the sort of female usually found here. Behind her mask and heavy makeup, she’s obviously a respectable woman—who plays a devilish hand of cards. Sapphira is desperate to keep her identity a secret, but Lord Elston’s devastating kisses and touches demand complete surrender. And once he learns the truth, there’s more at stake than guineas. Corin finds himself falling hard for a woman who’s poised to run. A woman who’s about to learn that he only plays to win…

Sapphira Vardon needs money to avoid a cruel marriage. Using a mask and an assumed name, she risks everything to win at the gaming tables. Corin, Lord Elston, wonders who used his name to gain entrance to Mother Brown’s whorehouse and gaming hell. Behind her mask and heavy makeup, “Lucia” is obviously a respectable woman—who plays a devilish hand of cards.

Lord Elston’s devastating kisses and touches demand Sapphira’s complete surrender. Corin finds himself falling hard for a woman in deep trouble. A woman who’s about to learn that he only plays to win…

Lynne writes sensuous historical romance, and gives the reader a real flavor of what it was like to live and love in the eighteenth century. But she likes the twenty-first century fine, and she also writes paranormal romance set in bustling, modern cities. She lives in England with her family and her Mews, a cat called Jack. She writes surrounded by the dollhouses she enjoys making and filling. She escapes to the USA at least once a year.  A Betting Chance is her thirtieth published title.