Julie expects she will end up dangling on Tyburn gallows, hanged as a thief. Ned expects he will die on the battlefields of the Peninsula, hanged as a spy. But then Julie takes on the trappings of a lady, and Ned unexpectedly becomes an earl, both players in a deadly game that will take them from the heights of London society to the depths of the Regency underworld—a game in which not only necks are risked, but hearts as well.

Poor Maddie Tate. Widowed with two children. An ordinary sort of female, no more memorable than a potted palm. Seven and twenty years of age. Lucky Angel Jarrow. Temptation incarnate, lazy and spoiled – and why should he not be, when the whole world adores him, save for the notable exception of his wife? Maddie Tate and Angel Jarrow. In the ordinary course of events, their paths might never cross. But then comes the Burlington House bal masque, when Maddie witnesses something she should not, and flees straight into Angel’s arms. And he discovers that he does not want to let her go. Mysterious masqueraders. Misbehaving monarchs. Political perfidy. While in the background the ton twitters, and a fascinated London follows the Regent’s preparations for his Grand Jubilee. Murder, mystery and romance in Regency England. Book II of The Tyburn Trilogy.

England, 1820. The trial of Queen Caroline is underway. Prinny, George IV now, is determined to divorce his detested wife. The Whigs hope that the Queen will win her case. The Tories pray that she will not. More than a few Londoners wish that the politicians, taking their monarch with them, would jump off the nearest pier. London is about to become even more exciting. In the midst of all this uproar, Clea Fairchild returns home. At fifteen, Clea had been reading Ovid's ART OF LOVE. And scheming how to, once she acquired bosoms, introduce herself into rakehelly Baron Saxe's bed. Clea is one-and-twenty now, a widow whose husband died under mysterious circumstances she is determined to resolve. Kane is almost twice that age. Reprobate though he may be, Lord Saxe is not sufficiently depraved to act on the unseemly attraction he feels for his friend Ned's little sister, whom he is convinced means to drive him mad. Clea wonders, is Kane trying to drive her mad? In the years since they last met, he has grown more dissolute, more jaded, and even more damnably attractive. He has also grown skittish, and is avoiding her as if she carries plague. Clea isn't one to sit quietly in a corner. She has a mystery to solve. Villains to elude. Schoolgirl fantasies to explore. Providing her husband's murderer doesn't dispose of her first. This book is not a standalone. It involves characters, and concludes the storyline, introduced in the first book of the trilogy, THE TYBURN WALTZ. Sizzle rating: Sensual Reviews for THE TYBURN WALTZ: "MacKeever expertly combines romance, rumor, passion and mystery to create a gripping and entertaining novel. The primary and secondary characters are well developed and will elicit emotional reponses from readers throughout the novel. THE TYBURN WALTZ is a keeper you'll want to reread often." — 4 1/2 stars, Romantic Times "I haven't laughed this much while reading in a while! Don't miss this witty, well-written book." — Romance Review Today