A romance develops as a detective partners with a lonely-hearts columnist to solve a murder mystery.
She has a degree in elementary education and is the mother of three children..
She has been a speaker at numerous writing conferences and events.
About author(s): Nancy Campbell Allen is the author of many Proper Romance novels, including Beauty and the Clockwork Beast , Kiss of the Spindle , The Lady in the Coppergate Tower, and Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts .
Radcliffe is hiding more than one secret, and when his attention turns toward Amelie, Michael knows he must put an end to this case before the woman he loves comes to harm.
They also realize that Mr.
But the more time Amelie and Michael spend together, the more they trust each other, and the more they realize they are a good team, maybe the perfect match.
Radcliffe\'s innocence.
Her social connections and clever observations prove an asset to the case, and Amelie is determined to prove Mr.
Amelie refuses to believe that Harold is capable of such violence but agrees to help, imagining it will be like one of her favorite mystery novels.
When a woman\'s body is pulled from the river, Michael suspects the woman\'s husband--Harold Radcliffe--of foul play.
But when he meets Miss Hampton, he is captured by her innocence, beauty, and her quick mind.
Because he knows the dangers of his job, he has vowed never to marry and subject a wife and family to the uncertainty of his profession.
Police detective Michael Baker has been struggling ever since his best friend and brother-in-law died in the line of fire.
To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe--a grieving widower and a member of Amelie\'s book club.
When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous Lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple\'s blind date.
London, 1885 Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer Lonely Heart letters in The Marriage Gazette.
A romance develops as a detective partners with a lonely-hearts columnist to solve a murder mystery
