Download or read book The Scandalous Flirt written by Olivia Drake and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Lisa Kleypas and Stephanie Laurens comes the sixth book in The Cinderella Sisterhood series

Download or read book The Scandalous Flirt written by Olivia Drake and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A banished debutante returns to London to save her family from a blackmailing aristocrat in this historical romance by the author of His Wicked Wish. Aurora Paxton was once the belle of the ball, the most sought-after debutante of the season—until a scandalous mistake ruined her. Shunned by her family, Rory was banished to the country to live in disgrace. Now she’s been summoned back to London by her stepmother, who is being blackmailed by the least likely person Rory can imagine: Lucas Vale, Marquess of Dashell. Lucas is someone Rory’s known for years—a man as devastatingly handsome as he is coldly disapproving of her. What in the world could he want from her or her family? Rory intends to find out as soon as she comes face to face with her old foe. What she never expects, however, is that the icy aristocrat has a soft spot for her—and a secret plan to redeem her status. Could it be that Lucas has been in love with Rory all along . . . and has finally found a way to win her heart? Praise for The Scandalous Flirt “The mature hero and heroine have a bond that will charm readers. A solidly scandalous . . . romance with a touch of magic.” —Kirkus Reviews “A cute, quick, and fun romance! . . . Historical romance readers who like a mystery mixed in will enjoy The Scandalous Flirt!” —Fresh Fiction

Download or read book Some Like It Scandalous written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1817 "You are suggesting that, now our year of mourning for our husbands has come to an end, we should all take at least one lover?" Sophia Rowlands, the widowed Duchess of Clayborne, is shocked by her friend's daring proposition—but is even more astounded when Dante Carfax, Earl of Sherbourne, offers to do the honor! He may be rakishly handsome and undeniably arousing, but he's also four years her junior and they've been at odds ever since he stole a kiss from her ten years ago…. As a young man, Dante had taken one look at the beautiful Sophia and desired her more than any other woman before—or since. After years of longing, he's determined to claim her at last. But can he convince Sophia to risk scandal and surrender to their passion?

Download or read book The Secret of Flirting Sinful Suitors 5 written by Sabrina Jeffries and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love Julia Quinn's Bridgerton, you'll be enchanted by Sabrina Jeffries' Sinful Suitors! 'Anyone who loves romance must read Sabrina Jeffries!' Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling author The Secret of Flirting is the fifth gorgeous book in the Sinful Suitors series by New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries. Sabrina's witty, sexy historicals will be loved by fans of Sarah MacLean, Eloisa James and Julia Quinn. When spymaster Baron Fulkham meets the stunning Princess Aurore of Chanay, he's sure he's met her before . . . in Dieppe . . . where she was an actress. As he pursues his suspicions, he uncovers a plot of attempted assassination and betrayals that could very well destroy his career, expose his own dark secrets . . . and ruin the woman he's rapidly falling for. Forced by her great-uncle to cover for a cousin she's never met, stage actress Monique Servais is playing the role of a lifetime as Princess Aurore. If the handsome but arrogant Lord Fulkham recognizes her, he could ruin everything. Will the curtain be drawn on this charade before she can convince Fulkham to keep her secret? Or will they both find a love to transcend the truth about their carefully guarded pasts? For more dazzlingly romantic and witty historical romance, don't miss Sabrina's other gorgeous series including, The Hellions of Halstead Hall, The School for Heiresses and The Royal Brotherhood.

Download or read book Writing Blurbs That Sizzle And Sell written by Karen S. Wiesner and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make your book fly off the shelves! Every author knows what a back cover blurb is, but crafting an effectively good one is no easy task. Many writers outright dislike writing them or dread the process because so much is at stake if the blurb fails to engage. A sizzling back cover blurb needs to convince readers they absolutely have to read the story inside the pages…or they'll set the book down without ever opening it. Additionally, a powerful series blurb can sell not just one book but all of them in that set! High-concept blurbs are necessary in every author's marketing to provide intriguing "sound bites" that sell books and series'. Writing Blurbs That Sizzle--And Sell! is the definitive guide on how to craft back cover, series, and high-concept blurbs.

Download or read book Percy or the Old Love and the New By the author of The Hen pecked Husband written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scandal of the Year written by Olivia Drake and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Dawson Smith writing as Olivia Drake The youngest of the Crompton heiresses, Blythe yearns to marry into the aristocracy to bolster her family's place in society. The widowed Duke of Savoy seems to be the perfect choice, yet it's another man who sets her heart to pounding: the new footman, James. He's devilishly handsome and far more fascinating than any of her noble suitors. And he alone has the power to stir her romantic dreams. Little does she know, however, James Ryding is the true heir to the Crompton fortune. He's posing as a servant in order to find evidence to prove her parents are imposters. By charming Blythe, he hopes to use her to regain his rightful inheritance. But as heat flares between them, he realizes that fulfilling his quest will mean ruining the beautiful, spirited woman who has captured his heart.

Download or read book Luna a Mere Love Story written by Margaret C. Helmore and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Flirtations written by Barbara Natalie Nagel and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is flirtation, and how does it differ from seduction? In historical terms, the particular question of flirtation has tended to be obscured by that of seduction, which has understandably been a major preoccupation for twentieth-century thought and critical theory. Both the discourse and the critique of seduction are unified by their shared obsession with a very determinate end: power. In contrast, flirtation is the game in which no one seems to gain the upper hand and no one seems to surrender. The counter-concept of flirtation has thus stood quietly to the side, never quite achieving the same prominence as that of seduction. It is this elusive (and largely ignored) territory of playing for play’s sake that is the subject of this anthology. The essays in this volume address the under-theorized terrain of flirtation not as a subgenre of seduction but rather as a phenomenon in its own right. Drawing on the interdisciplinary history of scholarship on flirtation even as it re-approaches the question from a distinctly aesthetic and literary-theoretical point of view, the contributors to Flirtations thus give an account of the practice of flirtation and of the figure of the flirt, taking up the act’s relationship to issues of mimesis, poetic ambiguity, and aesthetic pleasure. The art of this poetic playfulness—often read or misread as flirtation’s “empty gesture”—becomes suddenly legible as the wielding of a particular and subtle form of nonteleological power.

Download or read book Bella and the Beast written by Olivia Drake and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explorer’s daughter hunts for a treasure map in the home of a reclusive duke in this historical romance by the author of Abducted by a Prince. Bella Jones feels like a fish out of water in civilized England. Raised abroad by her explorer father, she’s amused by the very proper manners of the nobility. Nevertheless, to save her younger siblings from ruin, she must infiltrate a ducal household in order to find the map to an ancient treasure trove. Alas, the haughty, handsome duke stands in her way . . . unless she can tame his beastly temper, that is Miles Grayson, the Duke of Aylwin, prefers antiquities to, well, everything else. Especially prying females with their irksome questions. But Bella’s blue eyes and beguiling smile are improbably charming, and the temptation of her kiss is impossible to resist. As the pair is swept into a mystery that reaches back to their childhoods, Miles realizes that Bella has made the rarest discovery of all—the key to his heart . . . Praise for Bella and the Beast “Once more, Drake proves the right pair of shoes can change your life—especially if they’re red and belong to the Cinderella Sisterhood. This story is both charming with its light, fairy tale–based plotline, and intriguing with the dark, underlying Gothic twists. This is the perfect quick, pick-me-up read.” —RT Book Reviews “An intriguing and passionate story full of history and tingling romance.... Another winner by author Olivia Drake.” —Romance Reviews Today “The ideal historical romance to lose yourself in. With a unique premise, a feisty couple, and great writing, Olivia Drake makes a story readers will grab again and again.” —Fresh Fiction

Download or read book A Scandalous Countess written by Jo Beverley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady May is back. And so is the scandal that sent her tumbling from her position as the toast of London, when her husband, the Earl of Maybury, was killed in a duel. Even a year of mourning hasn't quieted the rumors of her infidelity. Georgia Maybury is determined to regain her position in the beau monde, but a scarred ex-naval officer threatens her plans...

Download or read book Silver Splendor written by Olivia Drake and published by NYLA. This book was released on 1989-07-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful and rebellious American artist, Elizabeth Hastings, is livid when the arrogant Lord Nicholas Ware has the nerve to offer to make her his mistress – after he criticizes her free-thinking American lifestyle.No man – no matter how noble his name or how powerful his allure – should dare insult Elizabeth Hastings...and get away with it.Lord Nicholas Ware is well-aware that his title and position place Miss Hastings well below him...but then why is it such a struggle for him to maintain control around her?One moment of wild abandon, one stolen kiss and Nicholas knows that she must be his. Now he just has to convince this beautiful maverick that his heart is sincere...Will Lord Ware be able to unlock the secrets of Elizabeth Hastings’ mysterious heritage, save her from the vague evil that threatens her life...and woo her as improperly as any proper English gentleman should...?

Download or read book Countess Confidential written by Olivia Drake and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Olivia Drake, a steamy Regency romance... A devoted daughter goes undercover to clear her father’s name... When her scholarly father is wrongfully accused of being the Wraith, the famed jewel thief who’s been fleecing the aristocratic set of London, Claire Hollybrooke will do anything to clear his name. Claire suspects he was set up by the noble grandfather she’s never met. Vowing to expose him, she goes undercover as Mrs. Clara Brownley, the chaperone for her cousin, Lady Rosabel. But her plan to be the ‘invisible’ servant quickly falls apart when Simon Croft, Earl of Rockford, who is supposed to be wooing Lady Rosabel, can’t keep his eyes off of the dynamic lady’s maid. As the Earl of Rockford, Simon must marry to ensure an heir for his name. Under familial pressure, he is reluctantly courting Lady Rosabel...but she pales in comparison to her beautiful and spirited chaperone, the undercover Claire. Unbeknownst to Claire, Simon secretly works for Bow Street and is the very man who put her father behind bars. As Claire digs deeper into who the real thief is, her time spent with the handsome and rakish Earl of Rockford increasingly distracts her from her mission...even as everything she thought she understood about her father is called into question. As Simon must make a choice between who his family wants him to marry and the woman his heart desires, Claire must also choose...is her disdain for the aristocracy worth missing out on the love of a lifetime? “A romantic suspense that not only keeps you turning the pages, but turns the tables on you until you’re breathless. A major craftsman of the genre.” –RT Bookclub “Elegantly written and subtly sexy.” –Booklist “A delightful fast-paced story with charming characters, great dialogue, and plenty of sexual tension.” –Rendezvous “Tremendous...exhilarating story line...Claire is a delight.” –Midwest Book Review “A wonderfully written Regency-era romance chock full of engaging characters and a sleuthing pair of lovebirds. A non-stop page turner.” —romancereaderatheart.com

Download or read book Dream Spinner written by Olivia Drake and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandal has always seemed to follow dark and enigmatic Kent Deverall, Duke of Radcliffe; and the tragic, mysterious death of his young wife only added fuel to the flames of gossip. But spirited and beautiful debutante, Juliet Carelton sees something in the Duke of Radcliffe’s eyes – a dark intensity that calls to her impetuous nature. Defying her family, Juliet marries the Duke or Radcliffe...to discover rapturous heights of pleasure – and danger lurking around every bend... Can an ancient curse and vile treachery shatter their passionate union? Headstrong, flame-haired Juliet engages in the fight of her life – to find out if any foe is stronger than her love...

Download or read book Tempt Me Twice written by Olivia Drake and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Olivia Drake, a witty, adventurous Regency romance... Mysterious rogue, Lord Gabriel Kenyon has been abroad for the past four years. When he returns to London, he discovers, unhappily, that he is now the legal guardian to two spirited young ladies! And that one of those young ladies is the same one who unsuccessfully propositioned him when she was just sixteen... Kate Talisford and her sister, Meg, are forced to live with meager means after the death of their father, Professor Henry Talisford—though they both miss him dearly, they make do with what they have and are proud of their independence. When Lord Gabriel Kenyon arrives and informs them that their father has put them under the Lord’s legal guardianship, Kate is especially incensed—and more than a little embarrassed. But Gabriel hasn’t forgotten the spitfire, nor is he surprised to see what a lovely and feisty young woman she’s become. When he moves them to his estate, Stokeford Abbey, they realize that one of Professor Talisford’s most prized artifacts has been stolen! Gabriel can’t keep his eyes off of Kate—she’s become a sultry beauty unlike any other and she continues to surprise him at every turn. As they search for missing artifact, they realize that thieves must have had something to do with Professor Talisford’s death. Treachery and danger lie around every corner as they hunt for both artifact and truth—but the most risky of all is the chance for a true love...

Download or read book Fire at Midnight written by Olivia Drake and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Olivia Drake comes an enthralling historical tale of romance, suspicion, and murder... An exotic outsider to aristocratic society, Lord Kit Coleridge is determined to prove his innocence in the death of London’s finest jeweler. He’s certain the guilty party must be the jeweler’s wife, lovely copper-haired Norah Rutherford—but first, he must gain her trust—and carefully observe her. Under these false pretenses, an unexpected friendship and close connection blooms between the two... All too easily, Kit begins to view Norah as far more than a friend...and definitely not a murderess. Captivated by her mystery, beauty and compassionate heart, Kit is unable to resist the widow. He swears on her innocence, convinced that the sultry beauty he’s fallen for is innocent. Together, they both risk their lives and reputations for the sake of this true and dangerous love. "An unsurpassed historical romance that will keep you riveted with its intense suspense and intrigue. Her characterizations are unexcelled, the dialogue is sharp and witty! I couldn't put it down! Her work keeps getting better and better!" —Affaire de Coeur, 5 stars "A wondrous, highly suspenseful, and unique historical romance." —Romantic Times, Exceptional rating

Download or read book The Duke I Once Knew written by Olivia Drake and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When two childhood sweethearts find themselves together after years apart, does their romance have a chance to be rekindled now that he’s a duke and she’s a governess? Olivia Drake’s new Unlikely Duchesses series begins with The Duke I Once Knew, where first love is always the sweetest... For years, Abigail Linton devoted herself to caring for her parents and her siblings’ children. Now, eager to create a life of her own, Abby seizes upon a position as a governess on a neighboring estate. Unfortunately, her absentee employer is Maxwell Bryce, the Duke of Rothwell, the notorious rake who once broke her youthful heart. But since he hasn’t set foot on his estate for fifteen years, Abby assumes she’ll never have to lay eyes on him ever again. Then, from out of nowhere, Max appears. He is stunned to come face to face with the girl next door he fell for years ago—before he went away, and she stopped writing to him. . .even though Abby swears that he is the one who left her without a word. Could it be that this spirited, witty spinster has won Max’s heart all over again—and that they may have a second chance at love? Olivia Drake’s novels are: “Lush.”—Fresh Fiction “Compelling...filled with intrigue.”—Affaire de Coeur “Skillful...readers will rejoice.”—RT Book Reviews