These Old Shades

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Lovely, titian-haired Leonie, ward of the dashing Duke of Avon, had all Paris at tier feet. Yet tier true origins remained shrouded in mystery. And neither the glittering soirees nor the young aristocrats who so ardently courted tier could still the question that plagued her young heart.

What was her mysterious parentage?

Just one man held the secret, the one she feared most in the world--the iron-willed Compte de Saint-Vire, deadly enema of the Duke. He would give her the answer--for a price. But could she betray the man she secretly, helplessly loved? And could this proud young beauty hear to face the truth when it came?