Download or read book A Dark and Brooding Gentleman written by Margaret McPhee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Hunter has shown his last hand at the card table. Nights once spent womanizing and gambling are now spent in the dark shadows of Blackloch Hall, staring out onto the wild windswept Scottish moors. That is, until the mysterious Phoebe Allardyce—his mother's new and far-too-pretty companion—interrupts his brooding. After catching her thieving, the master of the house has no choice but to keep a close eye on this provocative little temptress….
Download or read book Gentlemen Of Disrepute written by Margaret McPhee and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2011 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNMASKING THE DUKE'S MISTRESS: With trembling hands, Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs Silver's House of Pleasures. Thinking of her young son, she prepares to smile prettily at the next gentleman who enters... Dominic Furneaux, Duke of Arlesford, is stunned to see that the woman who shattered his heart has fallen so low. He decides to offer her a way out by making her his mistress! A DARK AND BROODING GENTLEMAN: Sebastian Hunter has shown his last hand at the card table. Nights once spent womanising and gambling are now spent in the dark shadows of Blackloch Hall, staring out onto the wild windswept Scottish moors. That is until the mysterious Phoebe Allardyce his mother's new and far too pretty companion interrupts his brooding. After catching her thieving, the master of the house has no choice but to keep a close eye on this provocative little temptress...
Download or read book Temptation in Regency Society written by Margaret Mcphee and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmasking the Duke's Mistress When Dominic Furneaux, Duke of Arlesford, sees the woman who shattered his heart at Mrs Silver's House of Pleasures, he is stunned. He offers Arabella a way out - by making her his mistress! The temptation to reacquaint herself with Dominic's body is hard to resist, but Dominic will need only to look into the Furneaux-blue eyes of her son to uncover Arabella's deepest secret... A Dark and Brooding Gentleman Sebastian Hunter's life of pleasure has come to an end; now his nights are spent in the shadows of Blackloch Hall. That is until the mysterious Phoebe Allardyce, his mother's new and far too pretty companion, interrupts his brooding. After catching her thieving, the master of the house has no choice but to keep a close eye on this provocative temptress.
Download or read book The Gentleman Rogue written by Margaret McPhee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INESCAPABLE, UNDENIABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST! In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement. For gazing at her, with eyes she'd know anywhere, is Ned Stratham—a man whose roguish charm once held her captivated. But that was another life in another part of London. With their past mired in secrets and betrayal, and their true identities now at last revealed, Ned realizes they can never rekindle their affair. For only he knows that they share a deeper connection—one that could make Emma hate him if she ever discovered the truth…. "It's witty, wicked and wonderful!" —RT Book Reviews on Mistress to the Marquis
Download or read book Temptation In Regency Society Unmasking the Duke s Mistress Gentlemen of Disrepute A Dark and Brooding Gentleman Gentlemen of Disrepute written by Margaret McPhee and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmasking the Duke's Mistress
Download or read book Unmasking the Duke s Mistress written by Margaret McPhee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shocking surprises await a duke when he steps inside a London brothel in this Regency romance series opener. With trembling hands Arabella dons the mask of Miss Noir for her first night at Mrs. Silver’s House of Pleasures. Thinking of her young son, she prepares to smile prettily at the next gentleman who enters. . . . Dominic Furneaux, Duke of Arlesford, is stunned to see that the woman who shattered his heart has fallen so low. He offers her a way out—by making her his mistress! The temptation to reacquaint herself with Dominic’s body is hard for Arabella to resist, but Dominic needs only to look into the eyes of her son to uncover Arabella’s deepest secret . . .
Download or read book The Man of the House written by Stephen McCauley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen McCauley's much-loved novels The Object of My Affection and The Easy Way Out prompted The New York Times Book Review to dub him "the secret love child of Edith Wharton and Woody Allen." Now McCauley stakes further claim to that title -- and more -- with a rich and deftly funny novel that charts the unpredictable terrain of family, friends, and fathers. Thirty-five-year-old Clyde Carmichael spends too much time at things that make him miserable: teaching at a posh but flaky adult learning center; devouring forgettable celebrity biographies; and obsessing about his ex-lover, Gordon. Clyde's other chief pursuit is dodging his family -- his maddeningly insecure sister and his irascible father, who may or may not be at death's door. Clyde's in danger of becoming as aimless as Marcus, his handsome (and unswervingly straight) roommate, who's spent ten years on one dissertation and far too many fizzled relationships. Enter Louise Morris. Clyde's old friend and Marcus's onetime lover is a restless writer and single mother, who shows up with Ben, her son and a neurotic dog in tow. The looming question of Ben's paternity nudges Clyde back into the orbit of his own father -- and propels our endearing hero into the kind of bittersweet emotional terrain that McCauley captures so well.
Download or read book Seduction of a Proper Gentleman written by Victoria Alexander and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young lady pursues a brazen scheme to seduction a man she’s never met in the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s Victorian romance series. England, 1854. To break a centuries-old curse, beautiful, headstrong Lady Kathleen MacDavid knows she must ignore every rule of propriety by seducing—and marrying—the Earl of Norcroft. So she sets off for London, braving scandal and ruin to achieve her goal . . . until a crazy bump on the head makes her forget nearly everything. The thrill of winning a bet—that he'd be the last of his set to wed—hasn't eased the earl's pain of losing his friends to marriage. Still, he'd be willing to settle down if he could meet someone worthy of his love—and desire. But he has met no such woman, until Kathleen is brought to him. Suspicious of her motives, he's determined to resist her seductive ways. But sometimes even the most proper gentleman finds it expedient to act improperly . . .
Download or read book Harlequin Historical September 2014 Bundle 1 of 2 written by Lynna Banning and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! This Harlequin® Historical bundle includes The Lone Sheriff by Lynna Banning, The Gentleman Rogue by Margaret McPhee and Never Trust a Rebel by Sarah Mallory. Look for six compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Historical!
Download or read book What a Gentleman Wants written by C. Linden and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his wayward twin brother tricks him into marrying a vicar's widow, Marcus Reece, Duke of Exeter, finds his life forever changed by this spirited beauty as they are both swept into a world of deception, betrayal, and passion.
Download or read book Naked Man s Rock written by Richard A. Lewis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the featured story -- "Rebecca's Revenge" -- Rebecca, a beautiful secretary to an offbeat minister, turns up missing. Suspicions fall on the minister and his wife. The Sheriff can't locate the missing woman. Jack Nickels, a former mob enforcer hiding in the Witness Protection Program, lives next door to Penny. She is a sister to the minister's wife. Jack walks the Greenbrier River Trail every morning, just at the break of dawn. Rebecca materializes in ghostly form before him on Naked Man's Rock in the middle of the Greenbrier River. She is a manipulative ghost and draws Jack into her scheme for revenge. Can a ghost be mistaken? Will she finally reveal who killed her? There are 14 short stories in this book. The majority are regional stories with an Appalachian setting. One story takes place in Alaska and another off the coast of Florida. You will find stories of betrayal, deception, ghosts, love -- both sad and humorous -- murder and suicide. The stories encompass a wide range of human foibles. If you are a B & B traveler, you will love these stories that fit the B & B experience. Read one before you go to bed. The next day, you will have another short story to look forward to reading. These stories are perfect for reading when you are by yourself in an old house. Be sure to lock all the doors, though.
Download or read book Dark Fairies written by Bob Curran and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know about fairies—they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right? Wrong! In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom, they were to be feared rather than trusted. Indeed, in their original form, many of our "fairy tales" read more like late-night horror stories. Dr. Bob Curran investigates the folkloric roots of the fairy kind, tracing their origins from the sprites and maenads of Classical times to the sanitized versions of the English Victorians. Among other aspects, he examines the connections in the Christian mind between the fairy kind and demons; the links between fairies and ancient, pagan gods; and the often-strained relations between fairies and humans across the ages. This is not a book for those who believe that fairies are friendly, kindly creatures. With the growing and anticipated interest in fairies—particularly given the forthcoming Disney film Wings, starring Miley Cyrus—Dark Fairies is a timely and valuable new title.
Download or read book The Gentleman s Lady written by S. H. Pratt and published by Stefanie Pratt. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentleman’s Lady: A Novel
Download or read book The Sound of the Wind written by Rebecca L. Copeland and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fashion ingenue, magazine editor, kimono designer, femme fatale, prize-winning writer--Uno Chiyo has becomeone of twentieth-century Japan's most accomplished and celebrated women. In this two-part volume, Rebecca L. Copeland offers Western readers a fascinating portrait of Uno's life along with translations of three of her distinctive works of short fiction. Part One depicts Uno's sometimes turbulent passage from obscurity in a small village to national literary prominence. There are the early years under her father's stern turelage; the first scandalous, failed romance which cost her her job as a schoolteacher; her apprenticeship at Enrakuken, the coffee shop of the literary elite whose ranks she laters joined as a resident of the "Magome Literati Village"; her series of passionate and troubled relationships and marriages. Throughout, Dr. Copeland focuses on the evolution of Uno's art and discusses her major works, paying special attention to the effect being female had on Uno's development as a writer. The three stories in Part Two are examples of Uno's work at its finest. "The Puppet Maker" (1942), a much-admired reflection on art and life, describes an encounter with a venerable carver of puppets. "The Sound of the Wind" (1969) is the tale of a wife at the turn of the century who willingly denies her own needs. "This Powder Box" (1966) shows a progressive career woman coming to terms with an old love affair. At once compelling and lyrical, the stories are a masterful interpretation of tradition, of women, and of self-fulfullment. The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo will engage both specialists and general readers interested in twentieth-century Japan, literature, and women's issues.
Download or read book Prelude for a Lord written by Camille Elliot and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unconventional young woman. A haunted young man. A forbidden instrument. Can their love of music bring them together . . . or will it tear them apart? Bath, England 1810 At twenty-eight, Alethea Sutherton is past her prime for courtship; but social mores have never been her forté. She might be a lady, but she is first and foremost a musician. In Regency England, however, the violin is considered an inappropriate instrument for a lady. Ostracized by society for her passion, Alethea practices in secret and waits for her chance to flee to the Continent, where she can play without scandal. But when a thief ’s interest in her violin endangers her and her family, Alethea is determined to discover the enigmatic origins of her instrument … with the help of the dark, brooding Lord Dommick. Scarred by war, Dommick finds solace only in playing his violin. He is persuaded to help Alethea, and discovers an entirely new yearning in his soul. Alethea finds her reluctant heart drawn to Dommick in the sweetest of duets . . . just as the thief’s desperation builds to a tragic crescendo . . . Praise for Prelude for a Lord: “A vibrant, page-turning romance sure to delight fans of the Regency Era.” – Sarah E. Ladd, award-winning author of The Headmistress of Rosemere Sweet, full-length Regency romance Will appeal to fans of Bridgerton and Poldark Stand-alone novel
Download or read book Changing Heaven written by Jane Urquhart and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two worlds are intertwined in this hauntingly beautiful story as it moves from Toronto to the English moors and to Venice, Italy. The time frame shifts between present and past, linking the lives of a young Brontë scholar (a woman in the throes of a troubled love affair), a turn-of-the-century female balloonist, and an elusive explorer with the ghost – or the memory – of Emily Brontë. Urquhart reveals something about the act of artistic creation, the ways in which stories enter our lives, and about the cyclical nature of love throughout time. This is a novel of darkness and light, of intense weather and inner calm.
Download or read book Blood of Eagles written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the conclusion to the "Eagles" series, gunslinger Falcon MacCallister searches the Oklahoma Panhandle for outlaws who had ambushed a small wagon train, and comes across a storm of greed and thievery surrounding construction of a new railway.
