Another lighthearted romantic comedy set in Regency England.
She can cause scandal just by opening her mouth, whether to say
something shocking or steal a kiss from a handsome stranger. To Georgiana Hayward’s horror, her despairing
family betroths her to a marquess who’s hardly England
A stickler for propriety, Anthony opposes this harebrained match due to decorum, panicked relatives, and especially Georgiana’s kiss that’s put a chink in his armor. When his efforts to dissuade the notorious hellion leave him frustrated, amused, and falling in love with a woman no one else dares to know, Anthony must shed his dented, cumbersome armor and risk a scandal of his own to claim the heart of this wild vixen.
A stickler for propriety, Anthony opposes this harebrained match due to decorum, panicked relatives, and especially Georgiana’s kiss that’s put a chink in his armor. When his efforts to dissuade the notorious hellion leave him frustrated, amused, and falling in love with a woman no one else dares to know, Anthony must shed his dented, cumbersome armor and risk a scandal of his own to claim the heart of this wild vixen.
Out of
the seventeen books I’ve written since I first started writing, The Truth About
Georgiana is one of my absolute favorites, while Georgiana herself is one of my
favorite heroines.
In an era
when women seldom misbehave or say what they really think for fear of being
shunned by good society, Georgiana does both, at great peril to herself, her
reputation, and her future. By contrast,
the book’s hero, Anthony Baxter, adheres to the rigid rules of society so as to
protect himself, his reputation, and his own future—which isn’t really the
future he wants.
But as in
any aspect of life, to get what you really want always requires you to take a
risk of some sort. To gain anything, you
will always stand to lose something else.
You need only decide if what you hope to gain is worth what you might
lose. This is a lesson the book’s hero,
Anthony Baxter, learns from Georgiana herself.
The Truth
About Georgiana is the last book I ever wrote on a desktop computer, before Mr.
Lucky bought me a laptop so he could spend more time on the computer. What happened in my life while writing this
book? I served as Vice President of the
Tampa Area Romance Authors. Our
firstborn was hospitalized with pneumonia.
We also built a brand new house and moved into it, only to endure some
of the usual brand new house glitches:
The dishwasher flooded the kitchen the first time we used it, and the
bathtub leaked into my office next door.
I’d be sitting at the computer and suddenly notice that the carpet
beneath my feet was feeling cold and squishy and wet. Everything had to be pulled up and out, and
the carpet and padding had to be replaced.
Alas,
that was not the last time we had to do it.
But not all house floods are caused by Baby Bear!
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