Artful Deceptions (Signet Regency Romance)

Arianne Richards, at her cousin Melanie�s urging, asked handsome Lord Locke to sell a painting for her. But the painting was stolen, after Rhys Llewellyn had identified its subject. Rhys, though he loved Lady Melanie, asked Arianne to consider marrying him. Lord Locke convinced her to pretend an engagement to himself so they could get her ailing mother into the country air� Regency Romance by Patricia Rice; originally published by Signet Sweet Mysteries -- Miss Arianne Richards faced a pair of puzzlements. Why did the handsome and wealthy Lord Galen Locke so badly want the mysterious painting that she had happended upon and was now forced to sell? And why did this irresistible aristocrat show so much interest in her humble person while he was engaged to Arianne's completely captivating cousin Lady Melanie Griffin? One question teased Arianne's brain. The other troubled her heart. And both offered answers as startling as ghosts from the past and the secrets of love...