Lord St. Claire's Angel by Donna Lea Simpson

The best writing advice, Donna believes, comes from the letters of Jane Austen. A long walk is her favorite exercise, and a fruity merlot is her drink of choice when the tea is all gone. Karaoke offers her the chance to warble Dionne Warwick tunes, and nature is a constant source of comfort and inspiration. Besides writing romance and mystery novels and reading the same, Donna has a long list of passions: cats and tea, cooking and vintage cookware, cross-stitching and watercolor painting among them. An early love for the novels of Jane Austen and Agatha Christie was a portent of things to come Donna believes that a dash of mystery adds piquancy to a romantic tale, and a hint of romance adds humanity to a mystery story.

Claire realizes she may be the one giving him the thrill-and teaching him in a way only a governess can that real beauty lies beneath the surface and that true love is often found where you least expect it.ĭonna Lea Simpson is a nationally bestselling romance and mystery novelist with over twenty titles published in the last ten years. And what began as an amusement to give the plain, timid miss an innocent thrill is turning into much more, as St.

Claire discovers this conquest may be more challenging than expected when the thoughtful and intelligent Celestine begins to fire an ache in his own heart. When he learns on his annual Christmas visit that the drab Celestine was hired as governess solely to thwart his dalliances, he devises a scheme to both stir her heart and spite his family’s interfering ways.īut as his game unfolds, the cunning St. Claire Richmond, Langlow’s brother, is a rogue and seducer, content to while away his days pursuing pleasure-and driving his brother and sister-in-law mad by reducing their female staff to lovelorn fools with his flirtations.

Never one to bemoan her change in fortune, Celestine is content to spend her days raising and overseeing their children, knowing in her heart she will never have any of her own. From the author of Reforming the Rogue comes a full-length Classic Regency Romance novel celebrating the witty and romantic world first introduced by Jane Austen.Ĭelestine Simons was of good family, but an untimely death and a shortage of funds forces the homely spinster to take a position as governess at the estate of Lord Langlow and his wife.

Lord St. Claire's Angel by Donna Lea Simpson