Innocence in Regency Society: The Mysterious Miss M / Chivalrous Captain, Rebel Mistress. Diane Gaston

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      SEDUCTION in Regency Society August 2014

      DECEPTION in Regency Society September 2014

      PROPOSALS in Regency Society October 2014

      PRIDE in Regency Society November 2014

      MISCHIEF in Regency Society December 2014

      INNOCENCE in Regency Society January 2015

      ENCHANTED in Regency Society February 2015

      HEIRESS in Regency Society March 2015

      PREJUDICE in Regency Society April 2015

      FORBIDDEN in Regency Society May 2015

      TEMPTATION in Regency Society June 2015

      REVENGE in Regency Society July 2015

      As a psychiatric social worker, DIANE GASTON spent years helping others create real-life happy endings. Now Diane crafts fictional ones, writing the kind of historical romance she’s always loved to read. The youngest of three daughters of a US Army colonel, Diane moved frequently during her childhood, even living for a year in Japan. It continues to amaze her that her own son and daughter grew up in one house in Northern Virginia. Diane still lives in that house, with her husband and three very ordinary housecats. Visit Diane’s website at http://dianegaston.com.

      Innocence in

      Regency Society

      The Mysterious Miss M

      Chivalrous Captain, Rebel Mistress

      Diane Gaston

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       About the Author

       Title Page

      The Mysterious Miss M

       Dedication

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Epilogue

       Chivalrous Captain, Rebel Mistress

       Dedication

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Epilogue

       Copyright

       The Mysterious Miss M

      Diane Gaston

      For Helen and Julie, who have been with me in this writing venture from the very beginning, and Virginia, who made our circle complete.

       Chapter One

      London, September 1812

       M adeleine positioned herself on the couch, adjusting the fine white muslin of her gown and placing her gloved hands demurely in her lap. The light from the branch of candles, arranged to cast a soft glow upon her skin, enhanced the image she was bid to make. Her throat tightened, and her skin crawled from the last man’s attentions.

      This wicked life. How she detested it.

      She checked the blue-feathered mask, artfully fashioned to disguise her identity without obscuring her youthful complexion or the untouched pink of her full lips. ‘The Mysterious Miss M’ could be any girl in the first blush of womanhood. It was Farley’s contrivance that she appear so, and the men who frequented his elite London gaming hell bet deep to win the fantasy of seducing her. Escape might be out of the question, but at least the mask hid her face and her shame.

      Unable to remain still, Madeleine stepped over to the bed, discreetly tucked into the corner and covered in lace-trimmed white-and-lavender linens like some virginal shrine. She perched on the edge of it and swung her legs back and forth, wondering how much time was left before the next gentleman had his turn. Not long, she surmised. She had taken more care in the necessary toilette than usual, thoroughly washing away the memory of that odious creature who had not departed too soon for her taste.

      Male laughter, deep and raucous, sounded in the next room. Stupid creatures, seated