The Shadow Earl

At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere disappeared. Searches for him yielded nothing. He seemed to have vanished into thin air. Time passed. In London, his uncle and cousin moved into his home ... while his unofficial fiancée, Sophia, was left desolate and in limbo. Finally, in desperation, his friends - loyal and close as brothers - search in person, determined to find him and bring him home. Christian's startling re-appearance at a grand ball hosted by his uncle, takes society by storm and fuels endless speculation. Where has Christian been during these missing three years? What happened to him? More importantly, how did it happen? Only one thing is clear. The earl who left England five years ago, has returned a changed man.

B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree and Readers' Favorite award-winning author Stella Riley trained as a teacher in London and now lives in Kent. She enjoys theatre, dancing, reading and travel. She is fascinated by the English Civil Wars and has written six books set in that period. She loves the extravagant fashions of the mid-Georgian period, likes men with long hair and her current passion is for Baroque harpsichord music.
All 6 books of the Rockliffe series (recommended in The Times newspaper!) are also available in audio, narrated by Alex Wyndham - as is the first in the new Brandon Brothers trilogy, A Trick of Fate
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