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Knaves' Wager by Loretta Chase

By Loretta Chase

"""Live the romance. learn Loretta Chase"" — Christina Dodd

The conventional English Regency from manhattan instances bestselling writer, Loretta Chase, is back...

Lilith Davenant, has abundant cause to loathe Julian Wyndhurst, Marquess of Brandon: he's precisely the form of guy who hastened the dying of her profligate husband, and the debt he owed to Julian has compelled her to an engagement with a filthy rich suitor for the sake of helping her cherished nieces and nephews. along with that, Lord Julian by some means manages to ignite disturbing... emotions ... she's by no means felt before!

Lord Julian used his huge talents and crafty within the conflict opposed to Napoleon. Now he's obliged to exploit a similar abilities to avoid wasting his younger cousin from a disastrous marriage to a scheming mistress — who makes him a guess: If Julian can seduce the famously icy woman Lilith Davenant, the woman will free up his cousin from the engagement.

But in a short time, Julian discovers Lilith's hidden heat, kindness...
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The voice speculated with amusement. "If the gentlemen will remove themselves from the carriage for just a moment, we won't keep them longer than it takes to relieve them of their purses," the highwayman invited politely. The Duke looked at the pistols pointed at his heart, and shrugging at the Contessa's frightened face and Lord Wrainton's outraged one, he climbed from the carriage, pausing briefly as he saw the tartan sash of the highwayman before stepping carefully into the muddy roadway. "Well, well, if it isn't my scar-faced friend from the party.

This time she has outmaneuvered me and I must swallow my pride and give in gracefully. I have no other choice if I wish to own my ancestral home, and I have vowed that no one but I shall inherit it. So, I find myself in the position of being engaged to the Lady Blanche Delande, the Dowager Duchess's choice as a perfect wife for me, despite my feelings to the contrary. " Sir Jeremy felt a twinge of unease as he stared at his friend's haughty profile, the sherry-colored eyes narrowed reflectively and the finely chiseled lips curved in an unpleasant smile.

Not much to look at I'm afraid. It's just a small Elizabethan manor house, and I haven't even seen it in Lord knows how many years, come to think of it. " he speculated idly. "Caro, we should pay a visit to this little house," the Contessa suggested, then turning to the Duke explained, "You see, I am the Marquis' third wife, and as yet I have not met his family. " she demanded with a frown. " Lord Wrainton shrugged carelessly. " "You obviously haven't seen your children in some time," the Duke commented sardonically.

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