Queen of Diamonds

    House of Cards Trilogy #3

    by Barbara Metzger

    Signet (Eclipse)

    July 6, 2006

    ISBN-13: 0451218671

    Available in: Paperback

    Queen of Diamonds
    by Barbara Metzger

    All bets are off in the final book of the House of Cards trilogy. Barbara Metzger raises the stakes as two brothers close in on finding their long-lost sister—and restoring order to the House of Carde.

    There's not a soul for miles who doesn't know the story of the vanished Lady Charlotte Endicott and the handsome reward that will accompany her safe return. Scores of blond-haired, blue-eyed impostors claiming to be the girl have tried their luck at Jack Endicott's casino, only to be turned away...

    Queenie Dennis, a diamond in the rough, just might be the famous Lottie. And fate takes a turn when she returns to the swirl of the beau monde under an assumed identity as a dressmaker fresh from France. Queenie quickly becomes the talk of the ton and catches the eye of the handsome Lord Harking, who has come to London in search of stolen family heirlooms. As Queenie's desire for him grows, her lies begin to catch up with her. Will Harking call her bluff, or will love hold the winning hand?



    Barbara Metzger's Bio

    Barbara Metzger is the author of over three dozen books and a dozen novellas. She has also been an editor, a proof-reader, a greeting card verse-writer, and an artist. When not painting, writing romances or reading them, she volunteers at the local library, gardens and goes beach-combing and yard-saling.

    Her novels, mostly set in Regency-era England, have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Madcap award for humor in romance writing. In addition, Barbara has won two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine.