02803cam a2200313 4500 1841002936 TxAuBib 20241228120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781496750655 1496750659 B0CZGKJ8C8 Amazon 6a18fd99-8169-4d8a-8356-a3d029faa554 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10626292 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wilde, Darcie. The Matter of the Secret Bride [Libby]. Kensington Books, 2024. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Mystery. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>Set in Regency London, this charming Jane Austen-inspired mystery series features Rosalind Thorne, a resourceful young woman with a talent for helping ladies of the <i>ton</i> with their most delicate and pressing predicaments. But now she's faced with a task of royal proportions. Literally.</b><br /> KingGeorge IV is petitioning Parliament for a divorce from his queen on the grounds of her adultery. But rumor has it that the king secretly married Maria Fitzherbert—long <i>before</i> he married the queen. Now Mrs. Fitzherbert has been robbed—and she's frantically calling on Rosalind for help.<br /> Because what those thieves took is proof that she and King George did really marry. That single piece of paper could destroy Mrs. Fitzherbert and her family—or it could prove the king guilty of bigamy.<br /> Rosalind races to investigate. With her is ex-Bow Street officer, Adam Harkness, with whom Rosalind shares a complex and rapidly intensifying bond. But a case of theft soon turns to murder . . .<br /> Josiah Poole, a disreputable attorney specializing in helping debtors—and who was seen entering Mrs. Fitzherbert's house—is found brutally murdered. Mrs. Fitzherbert has debts. Could she have staged the theft, and employed Mr. Poole to sell the marriage certificate? Or is the truth even more complicated? Mrs. Fitzherbert's daughters have secrets of their own. And Poole himself had no shortage of enemies.<br /> With suspicious coincidences mounting, and more danger encroaching, Rosalind and Adam must move quickly to unravel a history-making mystery that might just lead them straight to the palace itself . . .<br />. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-12-27 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6a18fd99-8169-4d8a-8356-a3d029faa554&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6a18fd99-8169-4d8a-8356-a3d029faa554&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)