Art of Love

Helena Littledean has a secret, a most scandalous painting she bought in discretion and keeps hidden from prying eyes. Shes a young lady after all, and the Adam in her painting isnt hiding a thing behind his fig leaf. When she finally meets the Earl of Norwalk, her heart catches in her throat. Its her Adamthe embodiment of her closely held dreams standing before her Adam Waterbury, the Earl of Norwalk, has been trying to find Adam in the Garden of Eden for over twelve years. The artist, his maternal uncle, promised hed never sell it, not to Adam or to anyone else. It was his masterpiece, after all. But ultimately, he sold it. A murder visits Helenas family home, forcing her family to leave, but not before shes etched onto Adam's every waking thought. Now they are both haunted by images of the other. And then he discovered it is she who owns THE painting. Now the question is, can Adam destroy the painting without losing Helena? If he helps solve the murder and save the Littledean business, could they come to An Artful Compromise?

Three years ago, Bella and Aidan were in love. But Bella proved too valuable to the war office, her talent for cryptography unmatched, so through lies and manipulation, war office agents destroyed Bellas and Aidans belief in each other. Emotionally ripped apart, love turned to hate. After the war, Bella receives documents that reveal the truth. They were pawns, their love a casualty of war! Now, could they start anew? Jaded by war, Bella feels second chances are fairy tales. Besides, the spymaster is pressuring her to resume cryptography for a new secret service. She loves Aidan, but. The more time Aidan spends around Bella, the more he knows he loves this woman far more than the young girl he courted three years ago. But with Bella denying them a second chance, the least he can do is see she doesnt get pressured back into spy work. Then he discovers a specter from Bellas war past is stalking her and he'll do whatever it takes to protect her. But will it be enough? And will he be enough for her?

Lancelot Nowlton, Viscount Lakehurst, writes gothic novels. The widow Lady Cassandra Tidemark, Marchioness of Darkford, is living a gothic nightmare. The young marchioness is haunted by nightmarish visions of a past she can't escape. The memory of her husband's death, shrouded in a ritualistic mystery reminiscent of Sir Francis Dashwood's notorious Hell Fire club, casts a chilling pall over her life. By chance, Cassandra reads a bestselling gothic novel penned by the elusive Anonymous that describes what happened that night. To her shock, she discovers that Viscount Lakehurst is the author, and she accuses him of her husband's murder. But the meddling Dowager Duchess of Malmsby, Lakehurst's grandmother, sees a potential match in Cassandra for her grandson, Viscount Lakehurst, and devises a quest to throw the two together and unearth the truth about Lord Darkford's death. The pursuit of truth unearths long-buried Darkford family secrets, revealing a web of deception, murder, and danger. In "An Artful Secret," love and mystery entwine, testing the bonds of the heart against a backdrop of deceit, fraud, and revenge. Amidst the shadows, Cassandra and Lakehurst are drawn together. Can they conquer the Darkford past and unearth the secrets that will set them free?