THE
COCOA CONSPIRACY
Chocolate mixed with conspiracy is
a recipe for death…
Lady Arianna Hadley, now the Countess of Saybrook, is slowly
settling into married life with her new husband, the Earl of Saybrook.
To celebrate his birthday, she finds the perfect gift——a
rare volume of botanical engravings on Theobroma cacao,
or chocolate . . . but she is forced to fight off a mysterious
stranger who tries to steal it away from her.
The incident is forgotten until Arianna and Saybrook are asked
to attend a gathering of international dignitaries at a country
estate, where she is shocked to discover that her erstwhile assailant
is among the guests. But other events quickly prove even more
ominous. And when the chocolate book yields a bitter surprise,
someone they hold dear is incriminated in a plot to betray Great
Britain at the upcoming Peace Congress in Vienna.
Murder, treason, money, power. Once again, Arianna and
Saybrook find themselves drawn into a deadly web of international
intrigue. To unmask the real traitor, they journey to Vienna where
amidst the seductive pomp and pageantry of Europe’s reigning
royalty they must root out a cunning conspiracy—armed only
with their wits and their expertise in chocolate…
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SWEET
REVENGE
Deception with a dash of murder is
a recipe for disaster…
England, 1813: Lady Arianna Hadley’s desire to
discover her disgraced father’s murderer has brought her
back to London from exile in the Caribbean. Masquerading as a
male chef, she is working in one of London’s aristocratic
households in order to get close to her main suspect. But when
the Prince Regent is taken ill after consuming Arianna’s
special chocolate dessert, she unexpectedly finds herself at the
center of a dangerous scandal.
Because of
his expertise in chocolate, the eccentric Earl of Saybrook, a
former military intelligence officer, is asked by the top brass
at Horse Guards to investigate the suspected poisoning. But during
his first interrogation of Arianna, someone tries to assassinate
both of them, and it quickly becomes clear that something very
sinister is afoot within the highest circles of government. They
each have very different reasons for wanting to uncover the truth,
yet to have any chance of doing so they must become allies.
Trust. Treachery. Arianna must assume yet another identity
as their search takes them from the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair
to the slums of St. Giles. And their reluctant alliance is tested
in more ways that one as it becomes clear that someone is looking
to plunge England into chaos . . .
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