The Alabaster Hip

Book excerpt: The long-anticipated-and hilarious-final installment in The Regency Romp Trilogy...After the Viscount Marlowe's latest misadventure gets Miss Minerva Jones sacked from her teaching post, he hires her as a governess for his twins. Marlowe soon finds himself falling for the feisty bookworm-an alarming development for a man who was nearly broken by his disastrous marriage.Marlowe has just turned his life around: can he risk his heart without falling apart again?Minerva would rather be employed by anyone other than the walking disaster that is the Viscount Marlowe, but beggars can't be choosers. She finds a home in Lord Marlowe's eccentric household, however, and quickly loses her heart to not only the twins but also their impossible father. After her fianc�'s death, Minerva vowed never to fall in love again: will she take one more chance on the viscount?Just when their happy ending is in sight, however, Minerva discovers Marlowe's most closely guarded secret, with disastrous results.Can she ever forgive him for his deception?(Also includes an evil duke, an avaricious publisher, a tyrannous earl, meddlesome friends, a randy Greek god, a runaway sister, and a pack of rabid Misstophers.)