Emerald's heart, already beating an adrenalin-charged tattoo as she eased herself down the drainpipe, had gone into overtime at the sudden appearance of her father. But the moment her gaze had collided with the dark-eyed stranger standing with him she had known instinctively that she had an ally. He hadn't batted an eyelid at the sight she must have made, not given her away by so much as a twitch of an eyebrow. Instead he had quite coolly considered his options.He could have informed her father that he appeared to have an incompetent cat burglar clinging to his drainpipe.Or he could have ignored the situation, pretend he hadn't seen her and hope she didn't fall into the roses.Only a man without a scrap of imagination would have considered either of them. What the dark-eyed stranger did was offer her the opportunity to escape by creating a diversion. Liz Fielding is the best-selling author with sales of more than 15 million books. She was honoured with the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists Association in 2019.Liz has been nominated eight times for Romance Writer's of America RITA award; The Best Man & The Bridesmaid took the prize in 2001 and The Marriage Miracle in 2006. The Sheikh's Convenient Princess was nominated in 2018.. Her latest release, from Joffe Books, is Murder Among the Roses, the first in her new Maybridge Murder Mysteries. The second, Murder Under the Mistletoe is due for release in October 2023.For news and excerpts of her latest releases, gossip, giveaways and chat you'll find her on Twitter @lizfielding, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lizfieldingauthor, Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/117065.Liz_Fielding and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/liz.fielding/
