Download or read book THE RAKE S WICKED PROPOSAL 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After both her parents pass away, Grace goes to live with her aunt and uncle. But on the eve of her arrival in London high society, she encounters Lord Lucian St. Claire, the second-eldest son of a noble family, who is known far and wide as a notorious rake. Grace and Lucian stay at the same inn, and in the middle of the night, he mistakes her room for his and collapses on her bed. What’s worse, Grace’s aunt is there to see it happen! Now she must marry a man she’s only just met or risk her honor... Part 1 of Chieko Hara’s adaptation of Carole Mortimer’s 19th-century historical romance!
Download or read book The Rake s Wicked Proposal written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society knows Lucian St. Claire to be one of the wickedest rakes around. His heart is out of reach, but he can certainly charm a lady. Now the time has come for Lucian to produce an heir—so first he must choose a wife! Young, vivacious and high-spirited, Grace Hetherington is definitely not the kind of woman he's looking for. Yet there's something irresistible about her—and when they're caught in a rather compromising situation, he has no choice but to make her his convenient bride….
Download or read book THE RAKE S WICKED PROPOSAL 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After both her parents pass away, Grace goes to live with her aunt and uncle. But on the eve of her arrival in London high society, she encounters Lord Lucian St. Claire, the second-eldest son of a noble family, who is known far and wide as a notorious rake. Grace and Lucian stay at the same inn, and in the middle of the night, he mistakes her room for his and collapses on her bed. What’s worse, Grace’s aunt is there to see it happen! Now she must marry a man she’s only just met or risk her honor... Part 1 of Chieko Hara’s adaptation of Carole Mortimer’s 19th-century historical romance!
Download or read book THE RAKE S WICKED PROPOSAL 2 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For appearances’ sake, Grace became engaged to Lucian St. Claire, the second son of the St. Claire family. Soon after their betrothal, rumors begin to circulate among the aristocracy in London: they say Grace tricked Lucian into engagement so she could marry her way into money! Lucian and Grace make a public show of affection, hoping to save their respective reputations, but after Grace’s uncle dies suddenly, Lucian grows distant. Is he having second thoughts about their loveless marriage just when Grace has come to love him for real? The thrilling conclusion to this 19th-century love story!
Download or read book Her Wicked Proposal written by Lauren Smith and published by Lauren Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cedric, Viscount Sheridan Once a womanizer. Now a recluse. Forever cursed. Cedric used to be the ton’s golden boy, but the loss of his sight has left him a reclusive shell of man. His days of womanizing, horse racing and pistol shooting lost forever. But a shocking proposal from the infamous ice maiden, Anne Chessley changes everything. Still reeling from her father’s death, Anne’s deepest wish is to avoid the hordes of fortune hunters who will soon be beating down her door. Proposing marriage to Cedric is an act of desperation that even has her agreeing to his one wicked demand. His only stipulation: she must respond passionately and wantonly in his bed. Her agreement barely crosses her lips before he begins a sensual assault on the icy walls she's built around her heart. Yet even as they catch a glimpse of true happiness, enemies are closing in and they have to trust each other, and themselves, to ever find a happily ever after. Warning: Contains an outwardly aloof heroine with a secretly tender heart, a once-notorious rake who isn’t quite as rusty at seduction as he feared, and a band of rogues who join together to make sure happily-ever-afters do come true.
Download or read book Harlequin Historical January 2013 Bundle 1 of 2 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from January 1 to January 31! Look for timeless love stories set in the Regency and medieval periods featuring powerful heroes and scandalous, seductive romance. This Harlequin Historical bundle includes Some Like to Shock, book 2 in the Daring Duchesses duet by Carole Mortimer, Captive of the Border Lord, by Blythe Gifford, and The Caged Countess, by Joanna Fulford. Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin Historical!
Download or read book Some Like It Wicked Mills Boon Historical Daring Duchesses Book 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEVIL BY NAME...
Download or read book The Perfect Rake written by Anne Gracie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A phony engagement turns into real passion in this delightful Regency romance from award-winning author Anne Gracie. Fate has lavished beauty on the Merridew sisters—that is, all save the eldest. But plain Prudence bears no grudge; she loves her four beautiful sisters infinitely. So when their abusive grandfather is laid up with an injury, she seizes the opportunity to concoct an ingenious plan that will allow all five of them to escape the clutches of their legal guardian. All it will take is a little matrimonial deception... A renowned rake, Gideon, Lord Carradice, has a way of making ladies swoon. But when Prudence arrives at his doorstep and mistakes him for his cousin, the Duke, it is Gideon who’s infatuated. The delightful spitfire claims she and the Duke are engaged—although a taller tale was never told. In spite of the lies, Gideon is so taken with charming Prudence that he’s eager to join her game, especially if it will award him a stolen kiss or two. Now, Prudence’s plot is about to go terribly, albeit deliciously, awry...
Download or read book Once A Rake written by Rona Sharon and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irresistible Seduction Only Leads To. . . War had scarred the Earl of Ashby's face...and perhaps his soul. Before being wounded in the Napoleonic war and shunning society, the dashing lord had been a notorious rake. Now, Isabel Aubrey, a proper lady, dares to approach the masked, reclusive nobleman for a large donation to a worthy charity--and decides she must save him from his self-loathing. She begins to flirt. He responds. She invites him to a masquerade ball. He accepts and dazzles her with a kiss. The Most Scandalous Passion. . . But Isabel already has a fiancé and despite her attraction to the earl she knows she must reject him. Yet no force on earth is greater than the passion that leads her into his bed; nothing she has ever experienced is more exciting and erotic. Now he asks her to stay with him although it will mean her ruin. Isabel must not say yes--and the smitten earl cannot let her say no. To win her body and her heart, he initiates an outrageous scheme that only a rake would devise--and no woman can resist. Praise for Rona Sharon and My Wicked Pirate "A rich, sweeping, passionate read." --New York Times bestselling author Rosemary Rogers "My Wicked Pirate is wickedly fun." --Booklist "A passionate debut. . .the action never stops." --Romantic Times
Download or read book Rakes and Rogues written by Mary Balogh and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1993 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five stories--by Mary Balogh, Melinda McRae, Anita Mills, Mary Jo Putney, and Maura Seger--about devilishly appealing heroes, wicked and wonderful men demonstrate why they are "mad, bad, and dangerous to know." Original.
Download or read book Wicked Designs written by Lauren Smith and published by Lauren Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton Series and Johanna Lindsey’s Malory Series will love the passionate romances and gripping adventures of the League of Rogues. Godric St. Laurent, Duke of Essex: A rake. A scoundrel. And now he's a kidnapper. Godric St. Laurent, Duke of Essex, relishes the rakish reputation society has branded him with. He has no plans to marry anytime soon—if ever. When he kidnaps an embezzler’s niece for revenge, the difficult debutante’s blend of sweetness and sharp tongue both infuriate and intrigue him. Miss Emily Parr is determined to rid herself of domineering men in her life. Her plan is in shambles after she's kidnapped by the incorrigible duke. As she tries to outwit him, she finds herself... enjoying not only the scorching kisses he steals but also his companionship. Of course the most wicked and unweddable man she's ever met would be the one she can't imagine living without. As they surrender to passion, danger from Godric's past threatens to destroy the one thing he and Emily swore they never wanted: love. Warning: This novel includes a lady who refuses to stay kidnapped, a devilish duke with a dark past, and an assortment of charming rogues who have no idea what they’ve gotten themselves into.
Download or read book My Fake Rake written by Eva Leigh and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] feast of female empowerment, positive friendships, feel-good moments, and social satire." — NPR “A jolt of electricity, a blast of fresh air—everything delightful and exciting you could want it to be.” — The New York Times Book Review Meet the Union of the Rakes—a new Regency romance series inspired by the Breakfast Club and other classic 80s films! In the first book, a bluestocking enlists a faux suitor to help her land an ideal husband only to be blindsided by real desire… Lady Grace Wyatt is content as a wallflower, focusing on scientific pursuits rather than the complications of society matches. But when a handsome, celebrated naturalist returns from abroad, Grace wishes, for once, to be noticed. Her solution: to “build” the perfect man, who will court her publicly and help her catch his eye. Grace’s colleague, anthropologist Sebastian Holloway, is just the blank slate she requires. To further his own research on English society, Sebastian agrees to let Grace transform him from a bespectacled, bookish academic into a dashing—albeit fake—rake. Between secret lessons on how to be a rogue and exaggerated public flirtations, Grace’s feelings for Sebastian grow from friendship into undeniable, inconvenient, real attraction. If only she hadn’t asked him to help her marry someone else... Sebastian is in love with brilliant, beautiful Grace, but their bargain is complete, and she desires another. Yet when he’s faced with losing her forever, Sebastian will do whatever it takes to tell her the truth, even if it means risking his own future—and his heart. *One of Oprah Magazine's Best Historical Romances to Read*
Download or read book How to Rescue a Rake written by Jayne Fresina and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOW TO RESCUE A RAKE: Reject his marriage proposal Nathaniel Sherringham has returned to Hawcombe Prior a changed man. Gone is the reckless rake who went out on a limb to propose to Diana Makepiece three years ago. Now Nate's mysterious new wealth has the town's rumor mill spinning. To stir things up (and get Diana's attention), Nate boldly announces his plans to marry "any suitable girl" under the age of 25. Run away Diana, now 27 and still single, is acutely aware of Nate's return. When her mother suggests a trip to visit a cousin in Bath, Diana leaps at the chance to escape the heartbreak and regret she can't help but feel in Nate's presence...and avoid his irritating charade to find a bride. But for Nate, Diana has always been the one. He might just have to follow her to Bath and once again lay his heart on the line to win her attention—and her heart. The Book Club Belles Society: Before the Kiss: A Book Club Belles Society Novella Once Upon a Kiss Sinfully Ever After How to Rescue a Rake Praise for Once Upon a Kiss: "Feisty dialogue and strong-willed characters make for...a winning love story."—Booklist "Deliciously funny."—RT Book Reviews "[A] witty romp."—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The League of Rogues Books 1 3 written by Lauren Smith and published by Lauren Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 1115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series and Johanna Lindsey Malory series will love this wild and adventurous Regency romance series full of passion and intrigue! Wicked Designs- The League of Rogues Book 1 A feisty young debutante is kidnapped by a brooding duke with bewitching green eyes and his league of roguish friends in revenge for her uncle's financial scheming against the duke. His Wicked Seduction- The League of Rogues Book 2 A young woman embraces the Christmas spirit and decides once and for all to seduce the man she's loved all her life, her brother's best friend, an infamous member of the League of Rogues. Her Wicked Proposal- The League of Rogues Book 3 An heiress desperate to escape fortune hunters after her father's death, proposes to the one man she can trust, the recently blinded golden boy of the ton, and a member of the League of Rogues.
Download or read book Some Like It Wicked written by Debbie Raleigh and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sizzling tale of irresistible temptation, an attractive businesswoman goes to London in search of a husband, only to find herself ignored by the "ton." When she recruits a handsome bachelor to help her attract men of distinction, business soon mixes with pleasure. Original.
Download or read book Taming the Rake written by Monica McCarty and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They are known as the Rake Slayers ... Tired of the different standards applied to the men who flout society's rules, three young ladies seek a little primitive justice and hatch a plan to bring a few of London's most notorious rakes up to snuff before refusing them. But they soon learn exactly what it is that makes rakes so dangerous."--Back cover.
Download or read book A Week to Be Wicked written by Tessa Dare and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexpected lovers find themselves together in Spindle Cove with A Week to be Wicked—the second book in Tessa Dare’s utterly delectable historical romance series. This Regency Era delight finds a restless British lord desperate to escape the quaint and too quiet small seaside resort he’s trapped in…and he gets much more than he expected when he eagerly agrees to escort a beautiful, brilliant, socially awkward lady scientist to Scotland. Concerning Tessa Dare and her irresistible romances, bestselling author Julia Quinn is spot on when she says, “Prepare to fall in love!” And anyone who loves the novels of Lisa Kleypas, Christina Dodd, and Liz Carlyle is going to adore having A Week to be Wicked.
