Not Quite a Gentleman

In D'Alessandro's well-crafted Regency, Lady Victoria Wexhall reluctantly travels at her father's behest from London to Viscount Sutton's rural Cornwall estate, where she finds herself interested less in the peer than in his younger brother, Dr. Nathan Oliver, a former spy who happened to bestow on Victoria her first kiss three years earlier and then disappeared. As Victoria and Nathan become reacquainted in Cornwall, his efforts to unearth the jewels stolen from him in an espionage mission predating their initial meeting complicate their relationship. Founded on both intellectual and physical attraction, their ensuing affair sizzles. The lovers' search for the missing jewels and the mystery surrounding the jewel thief's identity help propel a captivating novel sure to win more fans for D'Alessandro (Love and the Single Heiress ). Agent, Damaris Rowland. (Sept.)