Diamonds and Desire - Lords of Desire Author:Constance Laux In the dark of night, the stealthy Shadow stalks. In search of a story, the lovely journalist snoops. In a chance encounter, a torrid passion is born... — Tabloid journalist Aggie O'Day thrives on scandal and goes out of her way to create it. Much to her delight, the discovery of King Arthur's Crown is the talk of London, thanks in large ... more »part to a highly publicized curse she invented: Woe be to whoever does dare to defile it. Death and destruction shall follow its path... Pleased that her clever lie has caused such a sensation, Aggie is determined to get a glimpse of the crown.
But when she breaks into the room where the precious relic is kept, she encounters the city's most notorious thief--the Shadow. Aggie knows that if she can reveal his real identity, she'll finally have a truly sensational story. But she doesn't realize that the Shadow is a man with a mission, and he won't let anything--or anyone--get in his way. Aggie's nose for news leads her to places she never imagined--and into the arms of the very man she has vowed to expose...« less
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Aggie O'Day has found the assignment of a lifetime. One of Victorian London's most intrepid tabloid journalists, Aggie is hot on the trail of the Shadow, the mysterious thief whose audacious burglaries have the whole city wondering who he is. Aggie does know who he is - all she needs now is to trail him and get conclusive proof. Once she has that proof, unmasking the Shadow will make her career.
Lord Stewart Marsh has a mission. All of London thinks he's simply a shy, eccentric schola. All of London also assumes that the Shadow is just an ordinary thief, motivated by mere greed. He's the last person anyone would picture prowling about the city at night, trying to secure King Arthur's crown - that is, until an audacious lady from the Illustrated News Chronicle catches him in the act.
Trailing him around the city, a redhead called Aggie is determined to unmask him. Now he has to shake her off before her prying interferes with his work. He needs to avoid her. But he doesn't want to. Not when he dreams about her every night.