An Honourable Thief / Miss Jesmond’s Heir

An Honourable Thief by Anne GracieThe dashing Mr. Hugo Devenish had come to London on an important to prevent his innocent nephew from marrying an unsuitable young heiress. He’d never expected to be trounced upon by the most infamous thief in town! All society was agog at the rash of burglaries being committed by the mysterious Chinaman, but Hugo’s attention was diverted once he was introduced to his nephew’s heiress, the intriguing Miss Kit Singleton. Hugo found himself utterly enchanted. But her dubious background gave rise to the suspicion that Miss Singleton was somehow connected to the notorious thief. And Hugo could only hope to uncover Kit’s many secrets, before the winsome beauty managed to steal his heart!Miss Jesmond’s Heir by Paula MarshallInspecting the property recently inherited from his great-aunt, Jess Fitzroy found a youth and two children playing cricket on his grounds.The “youth” was the widowed Mrs. Georgina Herron, but, in behaving like a stern papa, he infuriated her before he and she could come to terms.Jess didn’t think of Georgie as suitable parti, until he learned the truth behind the facade she – and others! – presented to the world…