THE ALLURE OF ATTRACTION

Lavinia Parkem, the most talented dressmaker in Edinburgh, has never forgotten her first love: Captain Andrew Colter. They were meant to be married when she was just eighteen and living in England, but when Andrew's ship was wrecked in the Caribbean her parents forced her to marry another. Just days later, she learned her former fiancé had survived, and she's striven to push the guilt from her mind ever since.

Andrew may have survived a shipwreck to find fame and fortune at sea, but he never fully healed after Lavinia's abandonment. Instead, he dedicated himself to the navy - and secret missions for the foreign office. Nearing retirement and back on British soil, he's given a new mission - infiltrate the home of a wealthy banker, Howard Wark, who's suspected of being behind a plan to assassinate the Prince of Wales during the royal family's upcoming visit. To do that, Andrew must recruit as an agent the woman Wark once wooed: Lavinia Parkem.


Julia Kelly is the bestselling author of sexy historical romances about smart women and the men who love them. She also pens contemporary romances under the name Julia Blake. Julia picked up her first romance novel and the bad habit of reading well past her bedtime when she was thirteen. Years later, she decided to try writing romances of her own and never looked back.
An Emmy-nominated TV producer and recovering journalist, Julia has called Los Angeles, Iowa, New York, and England home. She never met a pair of stilettos she didn't love and still stays up too late reading.