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Moonstruck Madness by Laurie McBain

By Laurie McBain

The plot has ingenious twists and turns, and the backgrounds are lush and evocative. it is solid, fulfilling enjoyable. -Publishers Weekly She's something through day, anything else altogether via night... After escaping the slaughter of her extended family at a tender age, Scottish noblewoman Sabrina Verrick presents for her siblings by means of dwelling a double existence, until eventually the evening she encounters the Duke, and her mystery and all she holds pricey is threatened... he is so disenchanted, he is thoroughly vulnerable... together with his inheritance at stake, Lucien, Duke of Camareigh, units a capture for the Scottish good looks with the piercing violet eyes, by no means imagining what is going to ensue while the capture is sprung... As their lives develop into irreversibly entangled, Lucien and Sabrina develop into each one other's greatest probability, in addition to their purely salvation... compliment for Laurie McBain: "Ms. McBain's flare for the romantic intermingled with suspense will hold the reader riveted to the tale till the final page." -Affaire de Coeur "Vivid feel of description, colourful characters... i discovered myself fortunately misplaced within the beauty of the storytelling." -Los Angeles bring in Examiner (20101227)

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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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