Most Eagerly Yours

Her Majesty's Secret Servants #1

by Allison Chase

Signet (Eclipse)

Historical Romance

March 2, 2010

ISBN-10: 0451228944

ISBN-13: 9780451228949

Available in: Paperback

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Most Eagerly Yours
by Allison Chase

First in a spectacular new series of historical romance—sexy with a touch of intrigue.

Raised on their uncle’s country estate, the four orphaned Sutherland sisters formed a close friendship with the young Princess Victoria. Shortly before her coronation as queen, Victoria asks the sisters to serve her in matters requiring the utmost discretion.

They are to become her secret servants...

Laurel, the eldest, is the first to be called. The Queen is threatened by her jealous cousin, George Fitzclarence, who is known for speaking treason. She asks Laurel to pose as a wealthy widow and use her charms to win George’s trust, then find out what he is really plotting. Laurel is prepared for the risks of acting a part, but she encounters an unexpected and formidable obstacle in the Earl of Barenforth—George’s friend and a notorious rake, whom Victoria has warned her to avoid...

An undercover agent for the Home Office, Aidan Phillips, Earl of Barensforth, is on the trail of a financial hoax involving alchemy, murder...and George Fitzclarence. When a lovely young widow wanders into his path and turns his well-laid plans on end, he senses she is hiding something. Aidan is no stranger to seduction, or to the wiles of beautiful women. And he intends employing wiles of his own to uncover the lady’s secrets...



Allison Chase's Bio

I live in Florida with my husband and two daughters, and I have to admit I feel pretty lucky about a lot of things. For one thing, I have a wonderful family, a great lifestyle here in the Sunshine State, and I never, ever have to shovel snow. For another, I get paid to daydream about wildly romantic situations, write them down, and see them come to life as published novels. My debut book, DARK OBSESSION, A Novel of Blackheath Moor" will be on the shelves in May and I couldn't be more excited. In the meanttime, I've been hard at work on the sequel, DARK TEMPTATION, due out next November. Being under a deadline is a little like having a timebomb ticking over your shoulder, but I wouldn't have it any other way.