First published 1993
Miss Letitia Tonks faces a desperate situation. The Poor Relation hotel needs money, and her fellow elderly proprietors have devised an audacious plan. They want her to steal a diamond necklace and tiara from her wealthy, selfish sister. Letitia agrees to the robbery, but when she arrives at the scene, the mysterious Lord Eston takes her place. He dons her highwayman disguise and completes the theft himself. During the encounter, he also steals a kiss from Letitia's niece Cassandra Blessop, leaving the young woman unable to forget the moment. The adventure continues in London, where Letitia and Cassandra assume false identities as Hungarian nobility. Their mission is to infiltrate and expose the schemes of Bonnard, who operates at Tupples, the competing hotel. As the elderly conspirators work to secure their establishment's future, romance blooms and secrets unravel in Georgian London's social circles.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: London, Poor Relation Hotel, Tupples Hotel
Period: Georgian Era
152 pages · Hardcover · St Martins Press