The Marleigh Sisters Series: Book 3
Publication Date: May 20, 2025
From the author of Unladylike Rules of Attraction comes the swoon-worthy, suspenseful final installment of the Marleigh Sisters series.
Mira Marleigh, as far as the public is concerned, is an unassuming companion. She quietly drifts through London society accompanying her dear friend and confidant, Ursula. Mira flies under the radar, which is exactly how she likes it, because unbeknownst to everyone besides her sisters and Ursula, she is the anonymous author of one of the most popular society circulars under the pseudonym Aurelius. As a purveyor of society gossip, keeping a low profile allows her to see and hear nearly everything. But is this prosaic, passionless persona that she has carefully constructed really who Mira wants to be?
When one of her circulars detailing a heated argument between the blue-blooded brothers Stephen and Finnegan Underwood ends up as the basis for the case against Finnegan when Stephen turns up dead not two days later, Stephen’s widow, Lucretia, is desperate for Aurelius’s help in proving Finnegan innocent. So, acting as Aurelius’s “assistant,” Mira travels to the coastal town of Devonshire where she agrees to help the young widow.
But a chance seaside encounter with a smoldering mystery man might change everything… will he be the key to unlocking the truth, and perhaps Mira’s heart, or could he be her downfall?
Since society has forced Mira to hide her writing behind a man’s name, she has to continue the charade when the veracity of a gossip tidbit comes into question.
Author Amita Murray serves up the third installment of The Marleigh Sisters Series with An Unladylike Secret. Easily enjoyed as a standalone, readers will discover a Regency romance tied to a suspenseful mystery.
Mira’s carefully curated persona hides a woman who attends society events with her ears open so she can transfer the gossip into her circulars. However, soon after she reports on an argument between two unnamed brothers, one is found murdered.
Her sense of guilt takes her to Devonshire, where she encounters a fascinating man dealing with secrets of his own. Family connections and hidden secrets come to light under Mira’s determined probing.
An Unladylike Secret enables Mira to fully embrace her writing skills and find happiness while wrapping up a mystery.
Amita Murray lives in London and can be found writing and tweeting about life and chocolate. Her novels take you on a romp through the edgier streets of Regency England. Her Arya Winters mysteries are under a TV option. Her mystery novel Thirteenth Night won the Exeter Novel Prize and her short story “A Heist in Three Acts” appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. She’s been writer-in-residence with the British Council, Spread the Word, Leverhulme, and Literature Works, and she is committed to finding that magic button that creates more diversity in publishing.
