Deadly Caress (Francesca Cahill Romance Novels)

Deadly Caress (Francesca Cahill Romance Novels) by Joyce, Brenda. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780312989439.

Brenda Joyces New York Times best-selling novels have thrilled millions of readers. Now, in her latest Francesca Cahill novel, return to the lush mansions and teeming streets of New York Citys Gilded Age, where intrigue and seduction lie on every corner... The year is 1902. The place is New York City. A famous stage actress has been found strangled in an artists studio, and the artist herself has vanished. Francesca Cahill, the citys most unconventional heiress and famous amateur sleuth, is once again on the case-for the murder victim is none other than her brothers mistress. And when the sole witness to the crime is also found strangled and only one clue is left behind-a silk stocking-it becomes evident that a madman is on the loose. Now more than ever, Francesca is determined to find The City Strangler and bring him to justice. But the trail is a twisted one, and shell need the help of handsome, dynamic Police Commissioner, Rick Bragg-even though she must attempt to end their star-crossed romantic liaison. But now, she also finds herself fending off the advances of his notorious rival, his powerful half-brother, Calder Hart. Ruthlessly pursued by Hart, hopelessly enamored with Bragg, Francesca races against the clock before The City Strangler strikes again, never realizing the consequences that will come when danger and desire become one...