Regency-era England may be a man\'s world, but a lady boss is about to show them how it\'s done! In the newest of her witty, Regency-set, feminist romances exploring the roles of women in a rigidly patriarchal society, acclaimed author Minerva Spencer makes the cut with loner Jo Blade Brown, a circus performer who\'s as deadly with a knife as her nickname suggests. .. .
If he reveals what\'s in his heart, will he risk driving her away for good? As their investigation--and her feelings for Elliot--stir up Jo\'s deeply buried, extremely dangerous secrets, she\'ll have to decide whether to run once again, or trust somebody at last .
Yet each time Elliot tries to get closer to Jo, she slips farther away.
He\'s never been in love before, but there is no denying he\'s fallen hard.
He\'s never met a woman who is such an intoxicating combination of self-sufficiency, beauty, and mystery.
Elliot was fascinated by Jo Blade Brown even before he witnessed her lethal gifts, firsthand. . .
After forever fleeing her past, the last man she should choose is one who ferrets out secrets on behalf of King and Country .
And then there is her attraction to clever, handsome Honorable Elliot Wingate--whose life she happened to save.
Yet now, as part owner of the circus, she\'s suddenly forming real friendships.
Nor had she allowed herself to open her heart to a man.
She\'d never had friends, either.
Before Josephine Brown began working as a blade expert for Farnham\'s Fantastical Female Fayre, she\'d never stayed put for long.
A new generation of readers and Bridgerton fans will delight in the rapier sharp wit, sexual fireworks, and thought-provoking entertainment of The Cutthroat Countess.
Regency-era England may be a man\'s world, but a lady boss is about to show them how it\'s done! In the newest of her witty, Regency-set, feminist romances exploring the roles of women in a rigidly patriarchal society, acclaimed author Minerva Spencer makes the cut with loner Jo Blade Brown, a circus performer who\'s as deadly with a knife as her nickname suggests
