{"title":"Cindy Anstey","description":"Cindy Anstey, author of Love, Lies and Spies, Duels \u0026amp; Deception, and Suitors \u0026amp; Sabotage, spends her days painting with words, flowers, threads, and watercolors. Whenever not sitting at the computer, she can be found--or rather, not found--traveling near and far. After many years living as an expat in Singapore, Memphis, and Belgium, Cindy now resides with her husband and their energetic chocolate labrador, Chester, in Nova Scotia, Canada.","products":[{"product_id":"suitors-and-sabotage-paperback","title":"Suitors and Sabotage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo young people must hide their true feelings for each other while figuring out who means them harm in this cheeky YA Regency romance \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom the author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Lies and Spies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDuels \u0026amp; Deception\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShy aspiring artist Imogene Chively has just had a successful Season in London, complete with a suitor of her father's approval. Imogene is ambivalent about the young gentleman until he comes to visit her at the Chively estate with his younger brother in tow. When her interest is piqued, however, it is for the wrong brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharming Ben Steeple has a secret: despite being an architectural apprentice, he has no drawing aptitude. When Imogene offers to teach him, Ben is soon smitten by the young lady he considers his brother's intended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut hiding their true feelings becomes the least of their problems when, after a series of \"accidents,\" it becomes apparent that someone means Ben harm. 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She will run the family estate until she marries the man of her late father's choosing, and then she will spend the rest of her days as a devoted wife. Confident in those arrangements, Lydia has tasked her young law clerk, Robert Newton, to begin drawing up the marriage contracts. Everything is going according to plan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil the day Lydia--and Robert along with her--is kidnapped. Someone is after her fortune and won't hesitate to destroy her reputation to get it. With Robert's help, Lydia strives to keep her family's name unsullied and expose the one behind this devious plot. 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