Belle

A Historical Romantic Comedy

By: Melanie Jackson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The road to true love is made rocky with horse thieves, highwaymen, former fiances, and a very determined Bow Street Runner.

"Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch."
—WritersWrite.com

With the letter breaking his engagement, Stephan Kirton's hopes for respectability and happiness went up in smoke. It was inevitable that his travels abroad and "interaction with the lower classes" would put him beyond the scope of polite society. That and he was born a bastard. Ormstead Park was a place for dancing and flirting, for drinking and gambling, and for less innocent sports. It was a place where he could find a woman for the night. Instead, she found him. He didn't recognize her at first; real ladies didn't come to Lord Duncan's masked balls. Her descent into this netherworld had brought her within reach. Annabelle Winston was sublime. If he had to trick her, bribe herd, or dare her, he would do so to make her his own.

Praise for the Author

"A wickedly sexy tale!"
—Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling Author (on The Selkie)

"... delivers sizzling romance and ghoulish thrills at a breathtaking clip."
—Publishers Weekly (on Traveler)

"Readers of Laurel K. Hamilton will enjoy this complex tale..."
—Booklist (on Still Life)

About the Author

Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She lives with her writer husband, her bossy cat and spoiled dog in the Sierra foothills where it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins (or anything else the deer like). Besides gardening, she is involved with animal charities.

Three times nominated for RT's Reviewers' Choice Award. Twice nominated for RT's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Better than I thought it would be

Unexpected humor, decisive heroine, amusing & unpredictable plot twists. No complexity to the characters, story wasn’t memorable, but it was entertaining.
VV was done in a different voice. It was better, more expressive than the usual VV.