A beautiful disguise - roseanna m. white

In Edwardian London, not all that glitters is gold as a lady and an intelligence officers secret mission take them from the citys dazzling ballrooms to its covert intelligence offices.

Sir Merritt Livingstone has spent a decade serving the monarch in the field, but when pneumonia lands him behind a desk in the War Office Intelligence Division just as theyre creating a new secret intelligence branch, hes intent on showing his worth.

He suspects an aristocrat of leaking information to Germany as tensions mount between the two countries, but he needs someone to help him prove it, so he turns to The Imposters, Ltd.

No one knows who they are, but their results are beyond compare.

Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their fathers death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm for the elite to spy on the elite.

Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd.

, their anonymous group soon becomes the go-to for the crème of society who want answers delivered surreptitiously.

But the many secrets Marigold learns about her peers pale in comparison to her shock when she and her brother are hired to investigate her best friends father as a potential traitor.

Lady Marigold is determined to discover the truth for her friends sake, and shes more determined still to keep her heart from getting involved with this enigmatic new client .

who cant possibly be as noble as he seems.

Whites well-woven plot is engaging from start to finish with delightful threads of mystery, romance, and inspiration.

--CARRIE TURANSKY, award-winning author.