Yankee Earl

by Shirl Henke

Overview

A YANKEE PRIVATEER

In Regency England anything is possible if one has the money and influence. The devious Marquess of Cargrave does, and he blackmails his American grandson into becoming his heir. Jason Beaumont, former Yankee privateer, finds himself the new Earl of Falconridge and on the verge of being leg shackled. He is not happy.

AN ENGLISH HEIRESS

The Honorable Rachael Fairchild, daughter to Cargrave's oldest friend, Viscount Harleigh, is threatened by her father with even more odious marriage choices if she does not wed the man the Ton has labeled "the Yankee earl." But Jason is a toad stool, nothing more than a jumped up pirate. She is not happy.

A DEVIL'S BARGAIN

The two first collide, quite literally, while somebody is shooting at Jason. In spite of the danger, he and Rachel strike sparks from each other in a battle of wits. Rachel devises a plan that will enable Jason is to escape England, thus freeing them both from a fate worse than death--marriage...to each other! If only the Yankee clodpole weren't so damnably witty and handsome. Jason quickly sees that his sharp-tongued "Countess" is right. They must work together to avoid leg-shackling...if only she weren't so damnably bright and beautiful. As the squabbling pair matches wits with the manipulative old marquess, mysterious assassins and kidnappers menace them. Rachel begins to wonder if marrying the wild Yankee would be so terrible after all. Jason slowly realizes that only a fool would not claim the willful "Countess" as his own, and the Yankee earl is nobody's fool.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013710238
Publisher:	Shirl Henke
Publication date:	01/23/2012
Series:	American Lords , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Sales rank:	466,440
File size:	546 KB

About the Author

SHIRL HENKE lives in St. Louis, where she enjoys gardening in her yard and greenhouse, cooking holiday dinners for her family and listening to jazz. In addition to helping brainstorm and research her books, her husband Jim is “lion tamer” for their two wild young tomcats, Pewter and Sooty, geniuses at pillage and destruction.
Shirl has been a RITA finalist twice, and has won three Career Achievement Awards, an Industry Award and three Reviewer’s Choice Awards from Romantic Times.
“I wrote my first twenty-two novels in longhand with a ballpoint pen—it’s hard to get good quills these days,” she says. Dragged into the twenty-first century by her son Matt, a telecommunication specialist, Shirl now uses two of those “devil machines.” Another troglodyte bites the dust. Please visit her at www.shirlhenke.com

Editorial Reviews

"The lively dialogue, biting repartee and sizzling sensuality crackle through the pages of this delicious and fast-paced read."

Romantic Times Magazine - Kathe Robn

"For readers with a taste for unconventional heroines, bold heroes, passion and danger, this is a lushly sensual Regency."

Booklist - John Charles

"Sparkling dialogue and double entendres made this story speed along...hard to put down."

www.historicalromancereviews.com - Marilyn Rondeau

"This battle of the sexes is fun to observe as this is one time when a tie is a win for both protagonists and the reader."

Amazon - Harriet Klausner