The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster

Christopher Cynster has finally accepted that to
have the life he wants, he needs a wife, but before he can even think of
searching for the right lady, he’s drawn into an investigation into the
distribution of counterfeit banknotes.

London born and bred, Ellen Martingale is battling
to preserve the fiction that her much-loved uncle, Christopher’s
neighbor, still has his wits about him, but Christopher’s questions
regarding nearby Goffard Hall trigger her suspicions. As her younger
brother attends card parties at the Hall, she feels compelled to
investigate.

While Ellen appears to be the sort of frippery
female Christopher abhors, he quickly learns that, in her case,
appearances are deceiving. And through the twists and turns in an
investigation that grows ever more serious and urgent, he discovers how
easy it is to fall in love, while Ellen learns that love hasn’t, after
all, passed her by.

But then the villain steps from the shadows, and
love’s strengths and vulnerabilities are put to the test—just as
Christopher has always feared. Will he pass muster? Can they triumph? Or
will they lose all they’ve so recently found?