The Sincerest Flattery

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Can an arranged marriage become a love match? Or will lies and misunderstandings tear Percy and Lia apart?</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Percival Lord Thornstead heads to the far north of England to meet the bride his father has arranged for him to marry bad weather the ague and a crooked valet disrupt his travel plans. Turned away at the door of the manor he takes a job minding sheep to stay close.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lady Aurelia Byrne sneaks away from the house dressed as a kitchen maid. She is angry at being told she must marry someone she has never met. She'd rather marry the shepherd she meets in the fields than the London fop her father has chosen for her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Percy guesses who Lia is and is charmed. Lia discovers who Percy is and falls in love. If not for Lia's overbearing mother all would be perfect.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then Percy's father intervenes to carry Lia off to London to make her debut with Percy's sister. She is having the time of her life when her mother makes public accusations that call her reputation into question. A hasty marriage restores her to favor. Deep in the throes of love the young couple are blissfully happy and have fashionable London at their feet.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until a former mistress of Percy's comes seeking a boon that takes him away from Lia's side and old rumors about Lia's mother are revived causing Lia to be shunned by the highest sticklers.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Their marriage will be tested to breaking point.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>A Twist Upon a Regency Tale</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lady Beast's Bridegroom</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One Perfect Dance</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Snowy and the Seven Doves</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Perchance to Dream</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Weave me a Rope</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Sincerest Flattery</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inviting the Wild</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hold Me Fast</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Trials of Alaric</span></p>