Product Description

Once upon a time, in a bid to protect them from the ravages of war, three young princesses, Sorcha, Clarice and Amy, were sent away to different homes. But all three were lost. Years pass, and Clarice Lilly, the second oldest princess, devises a scheme guaranteed to enable her and her younger sister to return home. Word of their con spreads, and they become wanted by a magistrate in England. The sisters flee to Scotland, where they do their act, but one person stands in their way, Robert MacKenzie, the Earl of Hepburn. To keep a close watch on her, he brings her into his home. While Robert and Clarice fight their attraction to each other, danger stalks the sisters. When the vengeful English magistrate arrives, Robert must make a decision. Will he support the woman he loves and betray his principles or will he leave her to face justice as honour demands?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1766667 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 373 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Propelled by the winning assurance, sensuality and humor that have pushed Dodd's paperback romances (Once Upon a Pillow, etc.) onto bestseller lists, this hardcover debut launches a trilogy centered on the Lost Princesses, three young women who fled their revolution-swept small country in the late 1700s and who must dodge the assassins set on their trail. Middle sister Clarice hides in plain sight, traveling from town to town, proclaiming herself a princess fallen on hard times and selling face creams made from royal recipes to village women. Honey-haired and stunning, Clarice has little trouble making sales but more difficulty fending off men. When Robert MacKenzie, Earl of Hepburn, invites her to stay at his manor, Clarice senses a seductive danger in accepting his offer, but she does so anyway. Clarice soon realizes her instincts were correct. Even as Robert ensnares her with kisses, he lures her into playing a part in an elaborate scheme of vengeance. Torn between her passion for Robert and her duty to remain a princess, Clarice must decide if her loyalty belongs to her heart or to her country. Engaging and witty, Dodd's voice shines through on every page, infusing Clarice and Robert with a genuine warmth and appeal in both the ballroom and the bedroom.
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From AudioFile
Dodd returns with another Regency-era story in which a princess finds love in Scotland. When her life is threatened, Princess Clarice flees from her native country to Scotland, where she quietly sells beauty products to local women. Robert MacKenzie invites Clarice to stay at MacKenzie Manor, though he expresses disbelief that she is truly a princess. Robert, an embittered former military man, finds love and passion with the beautiful Clarice as the two embark on a bittersweet romance. Elizabeth Sastre's narration is light and lyrical as her crisp diction augments the story. Her expert Scots burr is a true highlight of this dramatic production. S.C.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Dodd's hardcover debut will add new fans to the legions already enchanted by her dozens of paperbacks. When revolution threatens to overrun the tiny kingdom of Beaumontagne, high in the Pyrenees Mountains, three young princesses are sent to safety in England. The two youngest are sent off to a boarding school that unceremoniously kicks them out when the funds stop coming in. Princess Clarice, responsible for keeping her younger sister, Amy, safe, develops a cosmetics scam to earn their way in the world. Going to Scotland with a magistrate on her heels, she ends up in the household of Robert MacKenzie, Earl of Hepburn, purportedly to assist his sister in preparing for a large house party and ball in honor of a hero from the Peninsular War. Robert, knowing Clarice is a con artist but not believing she is a princess, needs her skills to help right a grievous wrong. Dodd has done a smashing job with this spicy, swashbuckling Regency-era romance, the welcome first in a planned trilogy. Diana Tixier Herald
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