A Silent Accord

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>She's no wilting violet in need of rescue.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Miss Verda Fairclough's father has placed them in dun territory. Again. Now he expects her to bail them out by casting her lure for a truly horrid man. She manages to save herself from that decrepit duke by pretending the distracting Mr. Lysander Oshea a well-known libertine earl's brother is her husband.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Sander is smitten by the bold Miss Fairclough and despite claiming she is not one in need of rescuing he offers her an escape from her irresponsible wastrel of a father to the wilds of Northumberland as governess to his young nephew. There are only two problems: she's not a governess and she has no notion of how to deal with children.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Stormy tempers reign as neglected offspring and the brooding earl exhibit an unfortunate lack of familial accord leaving Verda and Sander as the sole prospects of breathing life to the gloomy castle. If that were all it would prove challenge enough. However the specter of the dead haunt this estate-and some threats are more real than Verda initially believes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Sander won't settle for pretend-he's determined to have Miss Fairclough in his bed. But even he must admit there's something afoul and his bold would-be governess may not be capable of surviving what she's up against without him.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>An old castle sitting on the edge of dangerous cliffs surrounded by dark clouds above and pounding waves below tempers this steamy atmospheric Gothic tale shrouded in murder mystery and love until the very end.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><u>The Clandestine Sapphire Society</u></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Book 1 - A Silent Accord</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Book 2 - A Lady's Vendetta</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Book 3 - An Earl's Sacrifice</span></p>