Paddy's Peelers Mystery

She's content with her life…Miss Eugenia Chapelle was born on the wrong side of the blanket. After her mother was disowned and fled to London, she pretended to be the widow of a French aristocrat to draw customers as a modiste. After her mother's death, Genie continues the lie, playing the half-French designer of Madame Chapelle's and running the business with her aunt. She never expects an earl to search out his illegitimate daughter twenty-six years later.He will rip it apart…Mr. Clayton Pierce works for one of London's most respected investigators. He has two cases on his docket-tracking a gang of counterfeiters passing banknotes and finding a long-lost child of an earl. When he meets the beautiful and talented Miss Chapelle, his attraction for her is as strong as his obsession with solving mysteries and catching criminals. After Genie witnesses a possible murder at Hyde Park, she becomes a key witness in his first case. Then, by a twist of fate, she also becomes linked to his second assignment. With danger lurking around every dark corner, and the past the murkiest shadow of all, Clayton learns that solving a case does not always guarantee satisfaction of a job well done. As passions flare and the stakes are raised, will his success as an investigator be his ruin in love?

A fiery-haired beauty…Clara Alberts, known affectionately as Ruby to her family and friends, has worked hard to craft her skills as a cook. When a French count moves into the influential Hatton Garden, she gets the chance to display her talent and move up in the domestic world of the ton. Add a chance encounter with a handsome young Bow Street Runner, and Ruby decides fate is finally smiling down on her.A perplexing series of thefts…Elijah Norton is finishing his second year as a Runner when he's asked to look into some recent thefts in Hatton Garden. Each jeweler questioned has found only one set of jewelry stolen and cannot say how long it has been missing. As Eli searches for answers, he meets the beautiful Clara Alberts. She steals his heart at first glance, a true diamond in the rough.Justice or love…As the Peelers continue to search for more clues to the elusive Vicar and his vast criminal network, Eli discovers Ruby's father is linked to the anonymous villain. If he pursues the lead and questions Mr. Alberts, he'll lose the girl. Yet ignoring the information may put the Crown in peril. Will the truth bring clarity to their relationship or create an imperfection in their gem of an affair?Set in the hectic district of Cheapside during the Regency, Paddy's Peelers search the dregs of London with skill and cunning to bring criminals to justice and, perhaps, unexpectedly find love along the way. A sweet but action-packed romance.