The Dark Viscount

Old friends… or new enemies?

Sydony Marchant is suspicious of the maze behind her new home, a manor house with a sinister history. Shes even more suspicious of former neighbor Bartholomew Hawthorne, and when he arrives on her doorstep, she doesnt know whether to run to him—or away from him.

Viscount Hawthorne hasnt traveled to Oakfield to gawk at a garden maze, no matter how eerie it is. Hes there to solve a mystery of his own, and he wont be distracted by lovely Sydony Marchant—even though she might be his one weakness.

But Sydony and Samhain may change his mind.

Book #1 of Regency Lures

"Simmons grabs readers with a well-crafted Regency-set romance." – Romantic Times

KEY THEMES: Regency romance, historical romance mystery, Gothic romance,, historical romantic suspense, second chance romance, brooding hero, reunited, dark hero, Halloween romance, viscount, strong heroine, regency romance secrets, independent heroine, British historical romance, love story.

Two-time RITA Finalist Deborah Simmons is a USA Today bestselling author of historical romances originally published by Avon, Harlequin, and Berkley, as well as a romantic comedy.