In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder must escort Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg to England. To keep her identity a secret, Eva must act like she and Jack are a couple, and she is charmed by his good looks, wit and courage. "No matter what the danger, I will come and save you!" Jack's earnest promise has a profound effect on Eva's heart because she had only ever known the life of a marriage without love. But, for him, he is just doing his duty. There’s no way that he will actually be in love with her...is there?
Collects: The Dangerous Mr. Ryder #1-2. In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder must escort Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg to England. To keep her identity a secret, Eva must act like she and Jack are a couple, and she is charmed by his good looks, wit and courage. "No matter what the danger, I will come and save you!" Jack's earnest promise has a profound effect on Eva's heart because she had only ever known the life of a marriage without love. But, for him, he is just doing his duty. There’s no way that he will actually be in love with her...is there?
A dashing spy must escort a beautiful widow from France to England in this sexy Regency romance. He knows that escorting the haughty Grand Duchess of Maubourg to England will not be an easy task. But Jack Ryder, spy and adventurer, believes he is more than capable of managing Her Serene Highness. He’s not prepared for her beauty, her youth, or the way that her sensual warmth shines through her cold facade. And what started as just another mission is rapidly becoming something far more personal. . . .
Harlequin Historical brings you three Regency romances in one collection from award-winning author Louise Allen. Follow the lives and loves of Those Scandalous Ravenhursts! The Dangerous Mr. Ryder Jack Ryder knows that escorting the haughty Grand Duchess of Maubourg to England will not be an easy task. But the spy and adventurer is sure he’s capable of managing Her Serene Highness. However, he's not prepared for her beauty, her youth, or her sensual warmth. And what started as just another mission is rapidly becoming something far more personal… The Outrageous Lady Felsham? Freed from her unhappy marriage, widow Belinda plans to enjoy herself. She suspects that the breathtakingly handsome Major Ashe Reynard is exactly what she needs. But high society will not forgive a scandal! Still, the outrageous couple embark on an affair—and Belinda becomes increasingly confused. She has no desire to re-marry, but Ashe is a man she cannot live without… The Shocking Lord Standon?? Rumours fly that Gareth Morant, Earl of Standon, is to be wed, but he won’t be forced into marriage. So, encountering a governess in scandalising circumstances, Gareth finds an ally—to help make him ineligible. He wants to create a stir and will educate the prim Miss Jessica Gifford in the courtesan’s arts. But Gareth hadn’t bargained on such an ardent pupil!
In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder is escorting Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg back to her homeland of England. She and Jack play the act of a married couple as they continue their journey. When they are finally confronted by the enemy chasing them, Eva is thrown into the river. Jack desperately chases her as she's carried downriver and leaps into the cold water and pulls her delicate body from the river! "You came to save me, Jack?" "I promised I would always come save you, didn't I?" Eva loses consciousness while being held against Jack's sturdy chest.
Samson Ryder, under the protective guardianship of Ulrich Sebastian, is tracked down by two men from Secret Intelligence Agency (SIA). Math Professor by profession, Samson is provided an enticing offer by SIA, which nudged his dormant sense of vengeance into violent awakening. An offer to hunt down and kill the one who took his parents away was too dangerous for his guardian Ulrich to allow. Under circumstances that went awry, Ulrich changed his mind. Global Police (GloPo) took this opportunity and decided to place their bets on Samson Ryder for the same mission with more money and guaranteed another layer of safety in a potentially fatal mission. Along with his partners Khloe Denver and Panlo Kippins, Samson was cutting deals with his new found, vehement hatred for the prey of the mission —Vetero Heracio, a.k.a. Falcon. An irreversible incidents of life and death shakes Samson and his team to ground-breaking realities and as they follow the crumbs of bread, it led them to eye-opening revelations. As the chase for the world’s most nefarious menace comes close to an end, the secrets that emerge riddle Samson with questions about the origins of SIA and GloPo and their obsession with the Falcon. How deep is Samson and his team truly capable of diving to uproot their arch-nemesis? How much can he truly shoulder?
This is the first comprehensive, daily compendium of more than 18,000 performances that took place in Dublin's theatres, music halls, pleasure gardens, and circus amphitheatres between Thomas Sheridan's becoming the manager at Smock Alley Theatre in 1745 and the dissolution of the Crow Street Theatre in 1820.
