Lord Aston is eager to know the female cryptographer who has been assisting the war effort. When she writes she will be in a remote region of Northumberland over Christmas, he seizes upon an excuse to visit. If only he knew precisely who she is.
Hazel is startled to find Lord Aston visiting the militia beside the castle where she is holidaying with her spinster friends. When Lord Aston seems under the impression that his secret letter writer is someone else, she's not certain whether to be relieved…
Born in Texas, Bianca Blythe spent four years in England. She worked in a fifteenth-century castle, though sadly that didn't actually involve spotting dukes and earls strutting about in Hessians.
She credits British weather for forcing her into a library, where she discovered her first Julia Quinn novel. She remains deeply grateful for blustery downpours.
After meeting her husband in another library, she moved with him to sunny California, though on occasion she still dreams of the English seaside, scones with clotted cream, and sheep-filled pastures. For now, she visits them in her books.