

Charming Ben Steeple has a secret: despite being an architectural apprentice, he has no drawing aptitude. When her interest is piqued, however, it is for the wrong brother.

Imogene is ambivalent about the young gentleman until he comes to visit her at the Chively estate with his younger brother in tow. Shy aspiring artist Imogene Chively has just had a successful Season in London, complete with a suitor of her father's approval. After many years living as an expat in Singapore, Memphis and Belgium, Cindy now resides with her husband and energetic chocolate labrador, Chester, in Nova Scotia, Canada.Two young people must hide their true feelings for each other while figuring out who means them harm in this cheeky Regency romance from the author of Love, Lies and Spies and Duels & Deception. Whenever not sitting at the computer, she can be found―or rather, not found―traveling near and far. Want more GIFnotes? Take a visual tour of The Decorator Who Knew Too Much by Diane Vallere!Ĭindy Anstey spends her days painting with words, flowers, threads and watercolors.

With Robert's help, Lydia strives to keep her family's name unsullied and expose the one behind this devious plot.īut as their investigation delves deeper and their affections for each other grow, Lydia starts to wonder whether her carefully planned future is in fact what she wants…įans of historical romance will delight in Duels and Deception, a young adult novel from Cindy Anstey, author of Love, Lies and Spies. Someone is after her fortune and won't hesitate to destroy her reputation to get it. She will run the family estate until she marries the man of her late father's choosing…Īnd then she will spend the rest of her days as a devoted wife.Ĭonfident in those arrangements, Lydia has tasked her young law clerk, Robert Newton, to begin drawing up the marriage contracts. Lydia Whitfield has her future entirely planned out. Take a visual tour of Cindy Anstey's Regency romance with GIFnotes! GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format.Ĭompelling and witty, Duels and Deception is perfect for readers who like their historical fiction with a side of intrigue.
