A Rogue at Stonecliffe

by Candace Camp

Overview

When the love of her life left without any explanation, Annabeth Winfield moved on despairingly, knowing she'd never have a love as thrilling as her first ever again. Sloane Rutherford was roguish and daring, but as Annabeth grew up, she realized that their reckless romance was just a passing adventure, never meant for stability. Twelve years later, Annabeth is engaged to someone new, ready to start her life with a dependable man. That's when Sloane returns. And he brings with him a serious warning: Annabeth is in trouble. After spending the past dozen years working as a spy, Sloane thought he'd left espionage behind him. But now a dangerous blackmailer is after Annabeth. Sloane offers to hide his former lover at Stonecliffe, the Rutherford estate, but stubborn Annabeth demands to be part of the investigation. As the two embark on a dangerous and exciting journey, memories of their past romance resurface. Sloane and Annabeth aren't the wide-eyed children they used to be, but knowing they're wrong for each other makes a nostalgic affair seem very right...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335513106
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	06/27/2023
Series:	A Stonecliffe Novel , #2
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	129,769
Product dimensions:	4.26(w) x 6.63(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Candace Camp is a New York Times bestselling author of over sixty novels of contemporary and historical romance. She grew up in Texas in a newspaper family, which explains her love of writing, but she earned a law degree and practiced law before making the decision to write full-time. She has received several writing awards, including the RT Book Reviews Lifetime Achievement Award for Western Romances. Visit her at www.candace-camp.com.

Editorial Reviews

04/17/2023

A former spy risks his cold heart to protect the woman he never forgot in bestseller Camp’s immersive second Stonecliffe Regency romance (after An Affair at Stonecliffe). Sloane Rutherford is blackmailed into agreeing to spy for the Crown to prevent his beloved Annabeth Winfield from learning that her father is a traitor working for the French. Twelve years after this intrigue abruptly ended their affair, Sloane has a successful business in London—until his warehouse burns down. He initially believes his business rival is responsible, and fears the man will target Annabeth next, because she’s still the thing he cares about most in the world. Annabeth, now engaged to the very proper Nathan Dunbridge, is shocked when Sloane reappears in her life to protect her and is distrustful of his concern, believing he callously abandoned her. The danger to Annabeth increases when she and her maid Judy are kidnapped, but the two manage to escape, and Sloane learns that “Judy” is really Verity, a fellow spy hired to find a supposed confession written by Annabeth’s late father before he died. As the mystery escalates, attraction sizzles and romantic angst mounts between the leads. Readers will be hooked. Agent: Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

04/13/2023

Twelve years ago, in an effort to shield Annabeth Winfield from her father's treachery, Sloane Rutherford was blackmailed into a life of smuggling and spying. To save Annabeth from further scandal, Sloane surrendered any chance of a future together and cut her from his life completely. Though she grieved for her sudden and unexplained loss of love, Annabeth has finally moved on after more than a decade. When she and her maid are the target of a kidnapping plot, however, it becomes clear that Sloane has not spared Annabeth from danger. Joining forces to identify the enemy, they uncover a web of immorality and intrigue the likes of which they never imagined. In her second "Stonecliffe" novel, Camp (An Affair at Stonecliffe) presents an exhilarating enemies-to-lovers Regency romance. Readers' hearts will surely be racing, either from the adventurous antics or alluring intimacy. Lush detail and a large, likable cast of characters round out the enchanting narrative. VERDICT This book will appeal to readers seeking a fetching, fast-paced historical romance full of devotion and derring-do. Recommended for fans of Madeline Hunter, Mary Balogh, and Sabrina Jeffries.—Lauren Hackert

Library Journal