Alara has one night to find the love of her life.

Shes as British as bluebells and rain. But now the Continental wars are over, her mother plans a life for Alara in the Ottoman Empire where shell never see Britain again.

With one night of freedom, Alaras future depends on finding a British hu 二Band and forgetting the curious boy shes waited for all her life.

Lord Harman is heir to a political dynasty.

But hates intrigue and compromise. Hed trade it all for one more lazy summer day with the girl who inspired his mind and his heart.

At a wild Christmas revel he meets her again, still challenging him every step of the way and now very much a woman. When a dangerous mission falls into his lap, he must make an absolute choice: spend his last night with her playing pirate　or fulfill his destiny.

The Curious Countess is a standalone novella of about 100 pages, but readers of The Clandestine Countess may rejoice to see Lord Harman have a love story of his own.