The Barkin Emeralds
by Nancy Butler

On behalf of her mistress, Miss Maggie Bonner is returning a rejected betrothal gift—an emerald necklace—to Lord Barkin in Scotland, when she is mistaken for his intended and kidnapped by a dashing pirate...

Nancy Butler's Bio

Nancy Butler has been an Anglophile since she was nineteen, when she traveled to England to see Carnaby Street. ("I blame it on the Beatles!") Her frequent visits to an American friend living in London have furnished her with enough inspiration to keep writing Regencies well into the new millennium.

Butler resides in northern New Jersey with two cats, Aja and Puck, surrounded by her collection of artwork, funky antiques, and books. When she manages to get away from her computer, she can usually be found riding her quarter horse mare, Ginger, through the scenic wilds of Bergen County. Butler is the 1998 Golden Leaf Award winner for Best First Novel.