For an innkeeper's daughter, a discreet volume of courtship wisdom may help discern the intentions of a mysterious newcomer in this Regency romp.

Beauty, wit, and charm may catch a gentleman's eye, but nothing attracts suitors quite like property . . .. as beloved, award-winning author Kate Moore reveals in this delightful novel.

Lucy Holbrook has recently inherited her father's south London inn, the place she's always called home. Now her fashionable friends, arming her with The Husband Hunter's Guide to London, are urging her to sell the establishment and become a society lady, just as her father always hoped. Lucy would rather toss the little book into the hearth—she could never desert the alehouse or its patrons, including an elderly blind man who depends on her care. But she may need every bit of good advice when a handsome stranger arrives with a secret agenda and a baffling crime to solve . . . and Lucy finds herself navigating a most dangerous attraction.

Praise for Kate Moore and her novels

“Moore writes with a lyrical beauty that will leave no heart untouched.” —RT Book Reviews

“Fans will hope for more of Moore's sinful delights to come.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Moore skillfully whets readers' appetites . . .” —Booklist

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