Anne Herries 
Homeless Heiress 

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuries From street pauper Runaway Georgie is disguised as a boy, and living life on the streets after fleeing her scheming aunt and uncle. Cold, hungry and desperate, she s forced to pickpocket. But Georgie thieves from the wrong man the dashing Captain Richard Hernshaw! to captain s lady! The consummate Captain soon discovers the grubby boy is actually a pretty young woman from a highly respectable family! He s instantly attracted to the homeless heiress, but dark secrets of his own may prevent him from ever being able to make her his wife