by Lynn Kerstan
She shook her head, willing the vision gone. “I wish to leave now, Duran. Please step out of my way.”
He bowed and moved aside. “Don’t forget what I said, Jessie. When I call on you tomorrow, be there. Hear me out. And when you agree to help me, you may name your reward.”
The Golden Leopard
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Gwen’s Ghost
Winner of the RITA Award for Best Regency Romance.
From Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley
Eternity is a bloody bore for Valerian Caine. A swashbuckling, amoral 18th Century rake, he was cut down in a duel at age 27 by a ricocheting bullet fired by a cuckolded husband. Now stewing resentfully in a bureaucratic afterlife, he leaps at the chance to regain his human form and return to his previous existence. But there’s a catch. He’ll be transported to the England of a hundred years later, where he’ll have one month to end the family feud launched by that fatal duel and ensure the happiness of the Caine and Sevaric descendants. If he succeeds, he’ll be transported back to his former life and the bullet will miss him. But standing between him and his goal is the obstinately unhappy and ascerbic Gwen Sevaric—and his surprising desire to be forever the one who makes her smile.
GHOSTLY DELIGHT
Valerian was about to mount the stairs to his bedchamber when he saw a ghost.
The apparition floated some distance above the floor, draped in white and wavering in the light of a single candle.
A shaft of icy terror held him in place, until he realized a ghost was the last thing he had to fear. By the rood, he was a ghost. But he couldn't bring himself to move, even when the spirit descended to the floor and advanced toward him.
"What in the name of heaven are you doing here?" Gwen Sevaric demanded. She set her candle on a side table and folded her arms, her small bare foot tapping as she waited for an explanation.
He broke out laughing. Now that he could see her clearly, he realized she had been standing on the stairs that led to the second floor. The white gown was her nightrail, an altogether pedestrian swath of flannel.
"Well?" Her foot tapped double time as he moved closer, still laughing. "Should I call a footman to search your person?"
That brought him up short. "Search my—? Oh, I see. You imagine I've been pilfering the family silver." With a smile, he held out his arms. "Rummage away, Miss Sevaric. Anything you find is yours for the taking."
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About The Author
Lynn Kerstan, former college professor, folksinger, professional bridge player, and nun, is the award-winning author of nine Regency romances, seven historical romances, and several novellas. A dedicated traveler and lover of history, she writes romantic adventures set in early 19th-Century England, where intrepid women and elegant, dangerous men are to be found,
For many years a teacher of English literature and writing at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and the University of San Diego, Kerstan now conducts popular-fiction workshops for writers groups and conferences.
When off-duty, she lives an exemplary life in Coronado, California, where she plots her stories while riding her boogie board, walking on the beach, and watching Navy SEALs jog by.
Find out more about Lynn here.
www.LynnKerstan.com
