Liberty Rose

by Stef Ann Holm

A HIGH-SPIRITED CHAMBERMAID

Dainty hands clenched into fists, Liberty bristled at the latest assault on her virtue. Working in a Norfolk, Virginia, coffeehouse had been a test of her honor, but this offer was especially outrageous. A valet's wealthy employer needed a woman to pose as his intended bride...to stay at his mansion...to bat her long lashes at him over dinner. Well, Liberty Rose Courtenay would never do it...except she was desperate to keep her dear revolutionary Aunt Ophelia out of debtor's prison. And the five hundred pounds he would pay her was the only solution.

A DISREPUTABLE RAKE

Devastatingly handsome British Loyalist Anthony Fielding thought he should remember meeting this ebony-haired beauty and her impossible, outspoken aunt. His faithful valet assured him that they were acquainted, and the lovely lass had agreed to act as his fiancee when Anthony's grandfather returned to Fielding Manor. The old gentleman must be appeased, so perhaps the scheme would work. Besides, playing at love with this little minx named Liberty suddenly seemed just what he wanted to do....

Genres: Historical

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Stef Ann Holm was born in Southern California near Hollywood. With the fantasy worlds of Disneyland and Universal Studios at her doorstep, her imagination was stimulated at an early age. She attended Chatsworth High where Kevin Spacey, Mare Winningham and Val Kilmer entertained on the school's stage. As a semester elective, Stef Ann enrolled in drama and played a Fandango hostess in the chorus of Sweet Charity. It was the beginning and the end of her acting and singing career. She got a "C" in Drama and an "A" in Creative Writing.

She sold her first romance in 1987. While waiting for a load of laundry to complete at the laundromat, Stef Ann made up the name for her heroine, Camry, when she saw a Toyota Camry parked outside in the lot. Who knew that model would end up being so popular, making her in-depth research seem so shallow. Stef Ann has had twenty-three novels and one novella published. Her editor calls her contemporary romances, "Slices of life stories about real people."

Stef Ann lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband, extended family and beloved Beagle.