Her novels have been praised as “stunning” by Publishers Weekly and “exquisitely sensual” by Library Journal . Now, New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley delivers another spellbinder…an intriguing tale of daring deception — and breathless desire. The Prey She is called the Devil’s Heiress. Burdened with the wealth of a man she despised, Clarissa Greystone is a fortune-hunter’s dream. The Hawk No one needs a fortune more than Major George Hawkinville. Fresh from the battlefields of Waterloo, he embarks on a campaign to win Clarissa’s money. The Hunt To protect his family’s good name, Hawk must ignore the hunger in his heart. But nothing can prepare him for the truths that come to light — or the passion that ignites — when Clarissa boldly steps into his trap…. In the conclusion of Beverley's Three Guys Called George trilogy, Major "Hawk" Hawkinville returns from the horrors of Waterloo to find his father incapacitated by a stroke, the estate coffers nearly emptied by his father's legal maneuverings to gain the title of Lord Deveril, and the villagers looking to him to make necessary, but costly, repairs. Hawk sees no solution but to marry for money, and if he can marry the heiress to the Deveril estates his stricken father believes himself entitled to, so much the better. But when Hawk actually meets the so-called Devil's Heiress, he has a difficult time reconciling the image of the grasping, promiscuous woman his father so vividly painted for him with the slightly mousy, Mary Wollstonecraft-quoting Clarissa Greystone he seeks to seduce and wed. But even an innocent like Clarissa has secrets, deadly secrets that endanger not only her future happiness but also her very life. Can she trust Hawk, a self-proclaimed fortune hunter, to help her? Can Hawk learn to trust--and to love--Clarissa even when he believes she had something to do with the murder of her affianced, the debauched Lord Deveril? It's a case of "Who's on first?" with a violent tug-of-war between Clarissa's powerful allies and the forces that seek to harm her. Jo Beverley continues her string of hits with her trademark complexity and real characters. --Alison Trinkle Returning from the Battle of Waterloo and yearning for a little peace, Maj. George Hawkinville learns that his aging father has pledged his beloved estate in order to gain a peerage and that they will lose everything unless he can either prove a will false or marry the brazen gold digger who inherited the wealth. But quiet, sensible Clarissa Greystone is not at all what he expected, and in spite of themselves, they are attracted to each other. Memorable, well-developed protagonists, complex plotting, and a number of delightful characters from earlier stories in Beverley's "Georges" trilogy neatly combine to form a darkly intriguing, well-written, richly sensual tale that is classic Beverley. The author of The Dragon's Bride (LJ 5/15/01) is a member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Hall of Fame and lives in Canada. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. Waterloo is over, and Major George "Hawk" Hawkinville is dealing with the aftermath. Greeted warmly by the villagers upon his return, he can't help but notice the sorry state of the village. Although his father has spent the family fortune in reacquiring the title of Lord Deveril, Hawk feels responsible for the villagers and is loathe to lose the home he loves. The previous Lord Deveril had no direct heirs but left his considerable fortune to his young fiance in an unusual will. Hawk is determined to prove that the will is a forgery and that Clarissa, Deveril's fiancee, had a hand in his murder. Clarissa Greystone is hiding something, and suspects that the major is after her money, but, smitten, she doesn't care. Hawk and Clarissa soon come to mean more to each other than they ever expected, yet both are stifled by secrets they cannot share. Intriguing and funny, this installment of Beverley's Georgian series is a real page-turner. Maria Hatton Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved The Devil's Heiress is the third and concluding book in my 2001 series about "Three Guys Called George." The other two are still available. The Demon's Mistress is a story in the collection In Praise of Younger Men, and The Dragon's Bride was published in May. Hawk is in some ways a different kind of regency hero. Though he comes from an ancient family, his family has no title, and their ancestral home is a modest manor house in the village of Hawk in the Vale, Sussex. What's more, though he had an illustrious army career, he was not in the infantry or cavalry, but in the Quartermaster General's Department, concerned with the movement and provisioning of troops, and with investigations. Home at last from the war, he's not looking for love and marriage, but then, neither is Clarissa Greystone. She's seen the worst of men, and her fortune means she doesn't need to marry. When she meets Hawk, however, sh