The Berylford Scandals: Lust & Liberty: or the Scandalous Tale of the Countess of Vyrrington - Tapa blanda

Lust & Liberty is a romantic mystery novel on an epic scale, detailing the town of Berylford’s forbidden liaisons, blackmail, bribery and deception, amid a society obsessed with social and financial status...Lady Oliviera Vyrrington is no stranger to sorrow, having buried three children, plus a declining marriage to the silent and secretive Lord Wilson. In her grief, she has taken on a lover in handsome footman Jesse Blameford, all the while watched and threatened by her dogged butler George Whitlocke. As if that wasn’t enough, the sudden disappearance of a servant boy throws her household into disarray, and she is forced to protect her lover and, by extension, their secret liaison.On the same night, her friends Elspeth Urmstone and Judith-Ann Haffisidge are flung into a problem of their own with nothing but a cryptic yet disturbing message from an unknown sender. An enemy they were not aware of.