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A Heartless Design

by Elizabeth Cole · 2013

ISBN: 098533116X 9780985331160

Category: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency

Page count: 396

<i>The debut novel in the Secrets of the Zodiac, a series of full-length historical romance novels, features darker, sexier storylines, complex characters, and international intrigue, set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.</i><br><b>An enigmatic woman, a determined spy, and a design that could shake the foundations of Europe…</b><br>&quot;Heartless&quot; Cordelia Bering refuses every marriage offer she receives. Yet men still try to win her, drawn by her sharp wit and intoxicating green eyes. But Cordelia knows a marriage could reveal her deepest secret and truly endanger her life. Besides, she hasn't met a man worth considering, until…<br>Sebastien Thorne, a spy in the service of Crown. One of the elite agents in the group known as the Zodiac, he comes to London determined to solve a mystery with roots on the Continent. He won't let anything distract him. But is Cordelia a distraction, or the key to the mystery? As he learns more about the &quot;heartless&quot; woman, he becomes embroiled in secrets, plots, and a design that could change the future…and Cordelia is at the center of it all.