The Barkin Emeralds by Nancy Butler

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January 06, 2006: When Alice Fescue elopes with a captain of the militia, Miss Maggie Bonner is devastated. Being Alice's former tutor and current hired companion, it is Maggie that Lady Fescue takes out her ire upon. Lady Fescue had arranged for Alice to marry the Earl of Barkin. In fact, the earl gifted Alice with the Barkin Emeralds before returning to his castle on Quintay. Lady Fescue charges Maggie with the task of returning the emerald necklace to the earl or finding herself fired without reference. ........................ En route to the remote island Quintay, Maggie finds her ship boarded by a pirate. Maggie, mistaken for Lord Barkin's intended, finds herself a prisoner on an island, St. Columba, situated close to Quintay. .................. Gulliver 'Gull' MacGuigan has had a long standing feud with Barkin. Gull is desperate to help the people on his dying island. Taking Barkin's intended is his last hope. Yet Gull is very attracted to the captive and already knows it will be difficult for him to let his charge go when the earl arrives to ransom his fianc?. If only the lovely lady really was who she claimed to be, rather than the Fescue girl he knows she must be. ...................... ***** Author Nancy Butler proves to her readers, once again, that she is the Dame of Regency Romance. The characters are very well developed and I easily came to care for them. Highly recommended reading! *****