Lady Whistledown Strikes Back

London, May 1816. Lady Neeley's bracelet has gone missing, and the city is buzzing with guesses about the thief. The gossip sheet Lady Whistledown's Society Papers points to four suspects: a fortune hunter, a gambler, a servant and a rogue. One of four couples, it says, is tied to the crime.

This is an anthology of four romances by four authors, Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan, each told as its own love story within the same Regency scandal.

In Quinn's story, a dashing fortune hunter falls for the Season's most sought-after debutante. He has to convince her that he wants her heart and not her dowry. Enoch's story follows a young woman who has always steered clear of scandal. She is now secretly courted by the most notorious rogue in London.

Hawkins writes of a roving viscount who returns home hoping to revive the passion in his marriage. His beautiful, headstrong wife is not ready to be won back so easily. In Ryan's story, a lovely, free-spirited servant is swept off her feet by a charming earl, and their affair could ruin them both.

The tone is romantic and playful, with society gossip running through all four tales.