With the aid of her aunts, Tess escapes, only to fall into the hands of smugglers looking for a horse.

Thinking to have her fortune, Avery imprisons Tess in his house and demands she wed him. Now there is another Baron Mandeville, Avery, a distant cousin of the one who recently died. Tess looks like her ill-fated great grandmother, who also had red hair and violet eyes and who was abducted, raped and impregnated by Baron Mandeville, and forced to marry the evil man instead of the Earl of Sherbourne whom she loved. Set in 1811, mostly in Kent, this is the story of Lady Tess Mandeville. You may write to Shirlee Busbee care of C/O Warner Books, Inc., Time and Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.Ĥ and 1/2 Stars - Smugglers, Mystery and Amnesia! With over nine million copies of her books in print, she is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in writing, including the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and Affaire de Coeur's Silver and Bronze Pen Awards. Published since 1977, Shirlee Busbee is the proud author of over 18 novels, including seven New York Times bestsellers. She has worked as a receptionist for the Marin County Title and Abstract Co., as plant supervisor for Fairfield Title Co., and as secretary and drafting technician for the County Parks Department of Fairfield, California, where she met her life-long friend and mentor Rosemary Rogers. Now, they live in hills of California, where they raise for pleasure Standard Schnauzers, Standardbred horses, and other many animals.

Shirlee married with Howard Busbee in June 22, 1963. She went to the institute in Kentri, Morocco, after which she returned to California and she went to Burbank Bussines College of Santa Rosa, where she received a certificate in 1962. She was the first daughter of a career naval officer, later she had two sisters and three brothers, they raised traveling the world. Shirlee Elaine was born 9 August 1941 in San Jose, California, USA.

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