Download or read book Bedeviling the Duke written by Ari Thatcher and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught in a scandal, Betty Galloway, Lady Frimley, agrees to a fake courtship with Nash Chastain, Viscount Longford. Betty copes with the loss of her husband two years ago by gambling at Sutcliffe’s, a notorious gaming hell and pleasure club. She even has a room of her own there where she enjoys the company of any of a number of the young male patrons, no strings attached. She keeps a list in her diary of the men she wants to sleep with. One man who’s not on that list is Viscount Longford. Nash put Betty out of his thoughts when she turned down his proposal six years ago. He’s surprised when Betty seduces him at Sutcliffe’s, a night of passion that is interrupted by a scheming young woman hoping to trap him into marriage. A pretend engagement to Betty is the perfect answer to avoiding scandal, and the perfect chance to explore that passion. He’s got another chance to show Betty how much he loves her. Can he win her heart this time?
Download or read book To Bedevil a Duke written by Tamara Gill and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Duke of many rules. A Lady of independence.Since her cheating husband created a scandal by dying beneath his whore, Darcy de Merle is determined to enjoy widowhood, and refuses to mourn a man she grew to loathe. Setting the ton ablaze, Darcy holds a ball to re-launch herself into Society on the anniversary of his death.Cameron, the Duke of Athelby plays by the rules. Always. He's lived through the terrible consequences of what revelry, carelessness, and lack of respect for one's social position can have on a family. So, when he sees Darcy de Merle skirting the boundaries of respectability, it is only right that he should remind her of the proper etiquette that she should adhere to.Darcy refuses to allow another man to tell her what to do. When the Duke of Athelby chastises her at every turn, reminding her of her social failures, well, there is only one thing to be done about it?seduce the duke and show him there is more to life than the proper conventions set by the ton.A battle of wills ensues where all bets are off, numerous rules are broken and love becomes the ultimate reward.
Download or read book The Bedeviled Duke written by Judith A. Lansdowne and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assisting the disreputable bachelor Duke of Abbercombe, Olivia Willburton-Smythe is shocked when she discovers that the Duke has eight children, until she learns the truth about his past and asks for his help in finding her missing brother. Original.
Download or read book To Bedevil a Duke written by Tamara Gill and published by Tamara Gill. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Duke of many rules. A Lady of independence. Since her cheating husband created a scandal by dying beneath his whore, Darcy de Merle is determined to enjoy widowhood, and refuses to mourn a man she grew to loathe. Setting the ton ablaze, Darcy holds a ball to re-launch herself into Society on the anniversary of his death. Cameron, the Duke of Athelby plays by the rules. Always. He’s lived through the terrible consequences of what revelry, carelessness, and lack of respect for one’s social position can have on a family. So, when he sees Darcy de Merle skirting the boundaries of respectability, it is only right that he should remind her of the proper etiquette that she should adhere to. Darcy refuses to allow another man to tell her what to do. When the Duke of Athelby chastises her at every turn, reminding her of her social failures, well, there is only one thing to be done about it…seduce the duke and show him there is more to life than the proper conventions set by the ton. A battle of wills ensues where all bets are off, numerous rules are broken and love becomes the ultimate reward.
Download or read book The Duke the Wallflower and the Holly Tree written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years ago, Gabriel Preston, Duke of Beckhampton prepared to ask for the hand of his love, Lady Eliza Clayton. Then she vanished. Rumors ran rampant through Polite Society, each one suggestion a different theory, yet all resulted in the same conclusion: Lady Eliza didn’t love him. Vowing never to bare his soul to a woman again, Beck locked himself away on his estate. After protesting, cajoling, and crying daily for four years, Lady Eliza has finally convinced her mother to allow them to return to England from Boston, where they’d been “visiting” family. She knew the true reason for their voyage, despite Mama’s denials. Her parents refused to allow her to marry the Duke of Beckhampton. Yet after all this time apart, Eliza still loved him. Beck is shocked when Eliza appears in Society once more, and even more surprised to discover he desires her after all the pain she caused him. He's feeling the spirit of the Christmas season for the first time in years. Falling under her spell, he plans to profess his love when she vanishes yet again.
Download or read book The Bedeviled Bride written by Jerrica Knight-Catania and published by Second Wind Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Elizabeth Wetherby, formerly Crawley, has married the wrong man, after being duped by his identical twin brother. Now, to escape scandal, she and her new husband have taken refuge at Dunbocan, their Scottish estate. Having been a highly popular and active member of the ton, she worries that being stranded in the Highlands will be a horrible bore. But how can one be bored when a ghost haunts one's home? Michael Wetherby has been in love with Elizabeth Crawley, now Wetherby, since the day he met her. So, when his identical twin brother suggested they trade places one night, he was happy to oblige. But the charade got out of hand, and the next thing he knew, he was leg-shackled to a woman who didn't want him. Now, they both must make a choice: be miserable together, or learn to love one another. Either way, till death do them part.
Download or read book Bedeviling Dulcie written by S. J. Ronayne and published by DCL Publications. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheers to the Duke written by Sally MacKenzie and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In USA Today bestselling author Sally MacKenzie’s intoxicatingly romantic series, the “fallen” ladies of Puddledon Manor’s Benevolent Home are restoring their reputations—and their future prospects—by operating their very own brewery and alehouse . . . As the founder of the Home, Jo, the widowed Lady Havenridge, is determined to be there for the women who need her. But when those same women conspire to accept an invitation on her behalf, she finds herself suddenly on the way to the Earl of Darrow’s home for the christening party of the son of her longtime friend and former partner, Pen, now the Countess of Darrow. Guests will include her other former partner, Caro—and Edward Russell, the new Duke of Grainger and the Home’s generous benefactor. While Jo is determined to resist her friends’ matchmaking ways, the duke’s handsome looks and charming words are enough to make the lovely widow a little reckless . . . Even after a year, the title of “duke” still sits strangely on Edward Russell’s shoulders. But the responsibilities of the title are his duty, no matter his less-than-positive opinion of the nobility. When Edward encounters Jo—capable, fun, and utterly irresistible--he’s delighted to find someone he truly connects with. A trick of fate has placed them on two different paths . . . but Edward is beginning to realize that perhaps he’s notthe kind of man who does the expected thing after all . . . Praise for The Merry Viscount “An emotionally satisfying holiday romance full of love and redemption.” —Kirkus Reviews STARRED review “A zany cast of characters . . . and humor as upstairs and downstairs celebrate Christmas together.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Rock Star s Wedding written by Ari Thatcher and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenzi’s vacation in St. Thomas becomes a lot more interesting when her high school sweetheart, rock star heartthrob Chaz turns up. If only he wasn’t there for his wedding… Rumor has it the rock star is marrying his actress girlfriend. Yet when he sees Kenzi, it’s as if five years hasn’t passed. Seeing Kenzi reminds Chaz how love ought to feel, which is nothing like he feels for his fiancée anymore. Since her well-publicized affair with her costar, he’s played the faithful lover giving her a second chance. Now he wishes for a way out, and the chance to get to know the grown-up version of the girl he once loved.
Download or read book A Beau for Christmas written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret author of romantic adventures meets his biggest fan, and neither of them knows it. While her aunt’s companion is out of town, Lady Evie Sinclair comes to stay with her, knowing her aunt is a notorious matchmaker. To be honest, she wouldn’t mind falling in love if the right man appeared, but as yet, they’ve all been missing a mysterious something that she can’t name. She fears that until she determines what that missing quality is, she has no hope of finding true love. Her aunt’s young doctor, Bertie Walsingham, is secretly the writer of children’s books about a boy knight who slays dragons and keeps his town safe. Evie has been writing to him for a few years since she read his first book. They’ve grown close through the letters, but each thinks they’re writing to an elderly person. Will their bond over children’s literature prove to be the only love they share, or will their story find its happy ending?
Download or read book His Wedding Date written by Ari Thatcher and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free weekend at a ski lodge, and all she has to do is attend a wedding and reception on the arm of her sexy coworker, Ash? Heck, yeah! Bree is all over it. She’s been crushing on him for some time, but even if he’s not interested in anything long term, she’ll get a long weekend in the snow. Ash doesn’t mind attending his college buddy’s wedding at a ski lodge, except for the fact Mark’s sister is Ash’s ex-wife. All the things she said was wrong with him are still true, but the only one that bothers him is his inability to maintain a relationship. At least with Bree at his side, he can hold his head up around his friends. Too bad she’d never go for a guy like him…
Download or read book Christmas with the Best Man written by Ari Thatcher and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quirky, sexy continuation of the Destination Weddings series featuring Joey and Jasmine, whom we first met in The Rock Star’s Wedding. Christmas in Ireland…what could be more romantic? The day after Chaz and Kenzi’s wedding in Ireland, Jasmine is still riding the romantic high. Then a polar vortex brings in the storm of the century and now she’s stuck in Ireland with the to-die-for best man, Joey. That slow sexy smile of his heats her up only to have his alternating hot and cold personality shatter her fantasies. Locals say it could be a week before they can leave the island. A week alone he could handle. A week in a small room with this perky event planner would be hell. Yes, she’s beautiful, she might even be hot if she’d slow down long enough for a guy to get to know her, but it’s probably a good thing she doesn’t. A “one week stand” between the best friends of the bride and groom would make life unbearable down the road.
Download or read book The Legend of Willie Mickey the Duke written by Howard Burman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1950s, they played centerfield in New York ballparks only a few miles apart. The comparisons were inevitable. From Brooklyn soda fountains to Queens street corners to Manhattan boardrooms, the argument raged: who was the greatest—Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, or Duke Snider? The trajectories of their lives were similar. They were born into the game and taught by their baseball-playing fathers at an early age. All three dreamed of baseball greatness—dreams that came at a cost. When they signed to play professional baseball, they were each hyped to become the greatest players in the game. The pressure to live up to these expectations took a heavy toll on them. The story of Willie, Mickey & the Duke is the story of three superb athletes who became baseball legends--what it did for them and what it did to them.
Download or read book Crippling Leviathan written by Melissa M. Lee Desfor and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? Earlier scholarship—which addressed this question with a list of domestic failures—overlooked the crucial role that international politics play. In this shrewd book, Melissa M. Lee argues that foreign subversion undermines state authority and promotes ungoverned space. Enemy governments empower insurgents to destabilize the state and create ungoverned territory. This kind of foreign subversion is a powerful instrument of modern statecraft. But though subversion is less visible and less costly than conventional force, it has insidious effects on governance in the target state. To demonstrate the harmful consequences of foreign subversion for state authority, Crippling Leviathan marshals a wealth of evidence and presents in-depth studies of Russia's relations with the post-Soviet states, Malaysian subversion of the Philippines in the 1970s, and Thai subversion of Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia in the 1980s. The evidence presented by Lee is persuasive: foreign subversion weakens the state. She challenges the conventional wisdom on statebuilding, which has long held that conflict promotes the development of strong, territorially consolidated states. Lee argues instead that conflictual international politics prevents state development and degrades state authority. In addition, Crippling Leviathan illuminates the use of subversion as an underappreciated and important feature of modern statecraft. Rather than resort to war, states resort to subversion. Policymakers interested in ameliorating the consequences of ungoverned space must recognize the international roots that sustain weak statehood.
Download or read book Waterman written by David Davis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America’s first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original “human fish” set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade; his rivalry with Johnny Weissmuller transformed competitive swimming from an insignificant sideshow into a headliner event. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of “surf-riding,” an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku’s connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting “Ambassador of Aloha” afterward; he died not long after Hawaii attained statehood. As one sportswriter put it, Duke was “Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey combined down here.” In Waterman, award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water. Purchase the audio edition.
Download or read book A Scandalous Connection written by Hayley Ann Solomon and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Might His Charade Unmask Her Heart? "Do not come home. . . I have a perfectly clever plan up my sleeve. . ." Those words, penned by his sister Caroline, are precisely what prompts Demian, Duke of Darris, to ride like the devil from London back to his ancestral estate. For Caro's "plans" tend to go awry in the most creative--and unfortunate--ways. Now, with the family property in arrears, there's no telling what well-meaning mischief the minx might get up to. Demian arrives home not a moment too soon--to find his sister hosting a gaggle of well-to-do spinsters--and himself forced to pose as none other than his own butler! On the brink of engagement to a stiff-rumped society heiress, Demian can hardly afford to playact, and intends to quash Caro's harebrained scheme posthaste. That is, until he sets his eyes--and his heart--upon Miss Amy Mayhew. One glimpse of her fiery spirit and unconventional beauty is enough to make him risk both fortune and reputation. . .for a chance at her love.
Download or read book The Duke s Scandalous Secret written by Connie Lane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whose secret is more scandalous -- his or hers? Sought after by all the ladies, Thomas Flander, the darkly handsome Duke of Ravensfield, is never far from the whirl of London society. All of that changes, though, when the duke discovers his fortune has been squandered away and he must devise a plan to save his legacy. The only problem is he must stay at his country estate and his absence has tongues wagging all around town. Only one woman, the beautiful, tempestuous Lynnette Overton, is bold enough to find out what's keeping the duke away. Intent on winning a bet to uncover the secret behind the duke's withdrawal, Lynnette, who has something to hide herself, concocts a plan to install herself in the duke's country estate...and lure him into her bed. But can Lynnette expose the duke's secret and still win his love?
