Autumn 1763. Alec Halsey has been elevated to a marquessate he doesn't want and Polite Society believes he doesn't deserve. And with the suspicion he murdered his brother still lingering in London drawing rooms, returning to the city might well be a mistake. So when a nobody vicar drops dead beside him at a party-political dinner, Alec's foreboding deepens. Uncovering the vicar's true identity, Alec suspects the man was poisoned. But who would want a seemingly harmless man of God murdered, and why?

• Goethe International Novel Writing Competition Finalist for Outstanding Works in Post-1750s Historical Fiction
• Finalist Australian Romance Readers Awards
• B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree

Enjoy Lucinda's meticulously researched 18^th century world, where characters, places, and events all intertwine.

Alec Halsey Mystery Series

Spring 1763 DEADLY ENGAGEMENT (Country house murder and mayhem)

Autumn 1763 DEADLY AFFAIR (A poisoned vicar and the mysterious Miranda)

Winter 1763 DEADLY PERIL (Bloody intrigue abroad)

Summer 1764 DEADLY KIN (Murderous family secrets)

Winter 1764 DEADLY DIPLOMACY (Lies, levées, and lovers) In progress

Salt Hendon Series

1763 SALT BRIDE (Magnus and Jane)

1767 SALT REDUX (Antony and Caroline)

SALT HENDON COLLECTION - boxed set with bonus novella SALT ANGEL

Roxton Family Saga

1740s NOBLE SATYR (Renard and Antonia)

1760s MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE (Julian and Deb)

1770s AUTUMN DUCHESS (Antonia and Jonathon)

1770s DAIR DEVIL (Dair and Rory)

1770s PROUD MARY (Mary and Christopher)

1780s SATYR'S SON (Henri-Antoine and Lisa)

1743-77 ETERNALLY YOURS (Roxton Letters Vol. 1)

1772-87 FOREVER REMAIN (Roxton Letters Vol. 2)