His Naughty Maid: Delightful Doings in Dudley Crescent, Book 3

by DeLand, Cerise

  Yet, I worry. Another event occurring last week causes me to question my presence here!

  I understand that another noble gentleman has paid attentions to one of his servants! This time, said woman is not a governess. No, indeed, she is his maid-of-all-work! Can you imagine? I’ve been inconsolable, riddled with a nervous stomach and headaches. My usual little dose of laudanum is simply not enough to calm me.

  This causes me to ask you if you think I should move to a better part of town. Is there a curse on the Crescent? Must I expect more servants who will climb above their station to enthrall their masters or mistresses? Worse, will such an affliction affect my own house? I must tell you, quite confidentially, that my only daughter, Lady Mary, seems far too taken with one of our own servants. The new…dear me, I can barely write this…stable boy. Yes! He is most definitely not a boy. Not by any means. He is thirty years of age or more! Tall! Taller than my dear departed husband. In strapping good health with arms a woman could…well, you understand. Worse, he is devilishly handsome with hair the color of coal and eyes like lavender. He is quite ethereal.

  I do rattle on!

  Advise me, please!

  Most sincerely,

  Catherine

  Viscountess of Trelawny

  Who is Cerise DeLand?

  Cerise DeLand

  Cerise DeLand loves to write about dashing heroes and the sassy women they adore. Whether she’s penning historical romances or contemporaries, she has received praise for her poetic elegance and accuracy of detail.

  An award-winning author of more than 50 novels, she’s been published since 1991 by Pocket Books, St. Martin’s Press, Kensington and independent presses. Her books have been monthly selections of the Doubleday Book Club and the Mystery Guild. Plus she’s won nominations and awards for Best Historical of the Year, Best Regency and scores of rave reviews from Romantic Times, Affair de Coeur, Publisher’s Weekly and more.

  To research, she’s dived into the oldest texts and dustiest library shelves. She’s also traveled abroad, trusty notebook and pen in hand, to visit the chateaux and country homes she loves to people with her own imaginary characters.

  And at home every day? She loves to cook, hates to dust, goes swimming at least once a week and tries (desperately) to grow vegetables in her arid backyard in south Texas!

  Also by Cerise DeLand

  Regencies

  Lady Starling’s Stockings

  The Stanhope Challenge, Regency Quartet, box set

  Regency Romp Series:

  Lady Varney’s Risque Business, #1

  Rendezvous with a Duke, #2

  Masquerade with a Marquess, #3

  Interlude with a Baron, #4

  Christmas Belles, Series:

  The Earl’s Wagered Bride, #1

  The Viscount’s Only Love, #2

  The Duke’s Impetuous Darling, #3, coming August, 2019

  Delightful Doings in Dudley Crescent Series:

  Her Beguiling Butler, #1

  His Tempting Governess, #2

  His Naughty Maid, #3

  Erotic Regency Romances:

  His Delectable Cook

  Sense and Sensibility

  Victorian Romances

  Those Notorious Americans Series:

  Wild Lily, #1

  Daring Widow, #2

  Sweet Siren, #3

  Scandalous Heiress, #4

  Ravishing Camille, #5, Winter 2019

  Medievals

  Swords of Passion Series:

  At Her Service, #1

  For Her Honor, #2

  With Her Kiss, #3

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  Military Romances

  7 Brides for 7 SEALs Series:

  You Were Always Mine, #1

  No Getting Over You, #2

  SEALs Going Hot, box set

  Burning for Nero

  Conquering Zeus

  A Long Time Comin’ (erotic romance)

  Hard Drivin’ Man (erotic romance)

  Contemporaries

  Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (erotic comedic suspense)

  Tall, Hard and Trouble, box set

  Tall, Hard and Mine, box set, Coming Soon!

  Tall, Hard and Fierce, box set, Coming Soon!

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