Jo Beverley - An Unlikely Countess: A Novel of the Malloren World

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Praise for the Novels of Jo Beverley

The Secret Duke

Lies, deception, and hidden identities ramp up the intrigue as a fascinating pair of protagonists join a familiar cast and provide another enchanting trip into Beverleys beautifully rendered, delightfully licentious Malloren world.

Library Journal

With its seductive mix of danger, deception, and desire, the latest addition to this RITA Award winners Georgian-set Malloren series is classic Beverley.

Booklist

The detail is fabulous and the restrained passion is stellar. A great read!Fresh Fiction

The Secret Wedding

Beverley proves again that she can be counted on to come up with clever and creative ways of mixing passion and intrigue to create a beguiling love story.

Booklist

A fabulous, intelligent tale starring two lead characters masquerading as others in order to conceal their true identity while falling in love with their spouse. [In this] comedy of manners, misconceptions, and mistakes, Jo Beverley provides an amusing historical with a touch of suspense and a hint of scandal as you like it.

Genre Go Round Reviews

A Ladys Secret

Extraordinary storyteller Beverley mixes witty repartee, danger, and simmering sensuality with her strong and engaging characters, including a fetching Papillon, in this delightful, delicious gem of a book.

Romantic Times (top pick)

With wit and humor, Jo Beverley provides a wonderful eighteenth-century romance starring two amiable lead characters whose first encounter is one of the best in recent memory. The tale is filled with nonstop action.

The Best Reviews

Lady Beware

Jo Beverley carries off a remarkable achievement in Lady Beware , the latest and possibly last in her Company of Rogues novels.... It is the unusual combination of familial comfort and risqu pleasure that makes this book a winner.... No doubt about it, Lady Beware is yet another jewel in Beverleys heavily decorated crown.

The Romance Reader

[E]nchanting... a delightful blend of wit (with banter between Thea and Darien), intrigue (as evil lurks throughout), and emotional victories (as love prevails in the end).... Watching Thea and Darien spar is entertaining, and watching them succumb to the simmering love and passion is satisfying.

The State (Columbia, SC)

To Rescue a Rogue

Beverley brings the Regency period to life in this highly romantic story [with] vividly portrayed characters. [Readers] will be engrossed by this emotionally packed story of great love, tremendous courage, and the return of those attractive and dangerous men known as the Rogues. Her Company of Rogues series is well crafted, delicious, and wickedly captivating.

Joan Hammond

With her usual beautifully nuanced characters and lyrical writing, RITA Award winner Beverley brings her popular Company of Rogues Regency historical series to a triumphant conclusion... [a] quietly powerful romance.

Booklist

The Rogues Return

Beverley beautifully blends complex characters, an exquisitely sensual love story, and a refreshingly different Regency setting into one sublime romance.

Booklist

Jo Beverley has written an excellent character study. One of the best books Ive read this season.

Affaire de Coeur

A Most Unsuitable Man

Beverley brings back some of the characters from Winter Fire as she takes her readers into the dangerous, intriguing, and opulent world of Georgian England. Her strong characters and finely honed dialogue, combined with a captivating love story, are a pleasure to read.

Romantic Times

Beverley turns a rejected other woman into a fiery, outspoken, sympathetic heroine; pairs her with a dashing but penniless, scandal-ridden hero; and lets the funand the dangerbegin. Once again readers are treated to a delightful, intricately plotted, and sexy romp set in the slightly bawdy Georgian world of Beverleys beloved Malloren Chronicles.

Library Journal

I found myself enjoying every minute of the relationship in this story of love, hope, and increments of witty humor. As usual, a Malloren novel is a keeper.

Rendezvous

Praise for Other Novels by

New York Times Bestselling Author Jo Beverley

A delightful, intricately plotted, and sexy romp.

Library Journal

A well-crafted story and an ultimately very satisfying romance.

The Romance Reader

Jo [Beverley] has truly brought to life a fascinating, glittering, and sometimes dangerous world.

Mary Jo Putney

Another triumph.

Affaire de Coeur

Wickedly delicious. Jo Beverley weaves a spell of sensual delight with her usual grace and flair.

Teresa Medeiros

Delightful... thrilling... with a generous touch of magic... an enchanting read.

Booklist

A stunning medieval romance of loss and redemption... sizzling.

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A fast-paced adventure with strong, vividly portrayed characters... wickedly, wonderfully sensual and gloriously romantic.

Mary Balogh

Deliciously sinful.... Beverley evokes with devastating precision the decadent splendor of the English country estate in all its hellish debauchery... a crafty tale of sensuality and suspense.

BookPage

Also by Jo Beverley

Available from New American Library
REGENCY

THE ROGUES WORLD
Lady Beware
To Rescue a Rogue
The Rogues Return
Skylark
St. Raven
Hazard
The Demons Mistress in In Praise of Younger Men
The Devils Heiress
The Dragons Bride
Three Heroes (Omnibus Edition)

OTHER
Forbidden Magic
Lovers and Ladies (Omnibus Edition)
Lord Wraybournes Betrothed
The Stanforth Secrets
The Stolen Bride
Emily and the Dark Angel

THE MALLOREN WORLD
The Secret Duke
The Secret Wedding
A Ladys Secret
A Most Unsuitable Man
Winter Fire
Devilish
Secrets of the Night
Something Wicked
My Lady Notorious

MEDIEVAL ROMANCES
Lord of Midnight
Dark Champion
Lord of My Heart

ANTHOLOGIES
The Raven and the Rose in
Chalice of Roses
The Dragon and the Virgin Princess in
Dragon Lovers
The Trouble with Heroes in
Irresistible Forces

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