Download or read book The Curious Countess written by Judith Lynne and published by Smart Cookie Books. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alara has one night to find the love of her life. She's as British as bluebells and rain. But now the Continental wars are over, her mother plans a life for Alara in the Ottoman Empire where she'll never see Britain again. With one night of freedom, Alara's future depends on finding a British husband and forgetting the curious boy she's waited for all her life. Lord Harman is heir to a political dynasty. But hates intrigue and compromise. He'd trade it all for one more lazy summer day with the girl who inspired his mind and his heart. At a wild Christmas revel he meets her again, still challenging him every step of the way and now very much a woman. When a dangerous mission falls into his lap, he must make an absolute choice: spend his last night with her playing pirate - or fulfill his destiny. *** The Curious Countess is a standalone novella of about 100 pages, but readers of The Clandestine Countess may rejoice to see Lord Harman have a love story of his own. Previously appeared as "His Unlaced Love" in the Penford Press anthology Lords and Lace.