Devlyn by Alysse Aallyn

I almost didn't read this book just because I didn't like the cover picture or the black blurb. I was very happy with the book. It has intrigue, murder, mystery, and a little bit of romance. What was nice about this book was it went into each player instead of hopping around like a jumping bean from thought to thought like most of the books I have read so far without going into any depth. There is also a revelation at the end that I was not expecting

They Were Not Quite What They Seemed.

Thea Furnivall-
the orphan of a clergyman, she was found by the elegant Lord Devlyn sewing in the window of a common shop, living in virtual poverty. Yes she could quote poetry in three languages and she maintained a self-assurance that set her quite apart from the other women of her class.

Iantha Fitzjoyce-
daughter-in-law of Lord Devlyn, lady of a Regency manor, she appeared to be truly regal with her stunning beauty and proud bearing. But what were her origins...might they be as lowly as Thea's own? And with her wild spurts of temper-which verged on violence-could she maintain her power over the men of Devlyn Monor

And
Lord Devlyn
Himself-
noble, rich, handsome, seemingly remote, yet he was brash enough to remove Thea to his estate without a moment's hesitation, merely because she resembled someone he's loved. He was said to have caused the death of more than one beautiful woman, and some called him a woman hater. The inscrutable Lord Devlyn stubbornly hid a secret that would reveal the deepest, most emboldened passion.