The Emperor’s Conspiracy

The Emperor’s Conspiracy (2012) Michelle Diener (Regency London)

Set in England in 1811.

“Em.” Lord Durnham watched as his sister ushered her children out the door in front of her with disbelief. “I don’t understand . . .”

He caught Charlotte’s eye as she waited for Ned to go through first, and Charlotte stared straight back. “I’m sure you will, if you think about it enough,” she murmured.

Then she closed Lord Durnham’s front door in his face.

“I learned long ago to refuse to take the blame for things I had nothing to do with.”

The woman was laughing, but desperately, as if this would be the only time she would laugh for a month, and she wanted to make sure she laughed long and loud.

The chains of the past were long broken, but Edward couldn’t help the spike of intense dislike and anger that surged through him with that final snick of the door handle.

Holding yourself down ain’t the same as helping others up.

Publisher: Gallery Books

Rating: 8.5/10

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