{"title":"Darcie Wilde","description":"Darcie Wilde is the award-winning author of stylishly adventurous historical mysteries and romances, including the Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, a Regency-set series inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, as well as the Regency Makeover Trilogy. She has also written, under the name Sarah Zettel, Locus and Philip K. Dick Award-winning novels, including Fool's War, a New York Times Notable Books of the Year selection. 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Literally.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKing\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge IV is petitioning Parliament for a divorce from his queen on the grounds of her adultery. But rumor has it that the king secretly married Maria Fitzherbert--long \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e he married the queen. Now Mrs. Fitzherbert has been robbed--and she's frantically calling on Rosalind for help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause what those thieves took is proof that she and King George did really marry. That single piece of paper could destroy Mrs. Fitzherbert and her family--or it could prove the king guilty of bigamy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosalind races to investigate. With her is ex-Bow Street officer, Adam Harkness, with whom Rosalind shares a complex and rapidly intensifying bond. 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