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Book The Taming of the Rake  Mills   Boon M B   Blackthorn Brothers  Book 1

Download or read book The Taming of the Rake Mills Boon M B Blackthorn Brothers Book 1 written by Kasey Michaels and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the Blackthorn Brothers – three unrepentant scoundrels infamous for being perilous to love... Charming, wealthy and wickedly handsome, Oliver ‘Beau’ Blackthorn has it all... except revenge on the enemy he can't forget. Now the opportunity for retribution has fallen into his hands.

Book The Taming Of The Rake

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  • Author : Kasey Michaels
  • Publisher : Elex Media Komputindo
  • Release : 2016-07-31
  • ISBN : 6020281671
  • Pages : 475 pages

Download or read book The Taming Of The Rake written by Kasey Michaels and published by Elex Media Komputindo. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perkenalkan, Blackthorn bersaudara, tiga bajingan tobat yang liar, sinting, dan terkenal sulit jatuh cinta. Oliver "Beau" Blackthorn, si sulung, memiliki segala hal yang patut dicemburui orang--rupa menawan, kekayaan yang berlimpah. Namun ada satu hal yang belum dimilikinya: kepuasan dari sebuah pembalasan dendam terhadap musuh besarnya, Thomas Mills-Beckman... Lalu suatu hari, Lady Chelsea Mills-Beckman, adik bungsu Thomas, mengetuk pintu rumahnya dan menawarkan sebuah pembalasan dendam untuk kakaknya. Awalnya tawaran itu membuat Beau merasa tersudut, tapi rupanya terasa cukup menyenangkan. Kawin lari dengan Lady Chelsea, yang mampu memesona pria mana pun, ternyata bukanlah tawaran yang bisa ditolaknya..

Book The Art of Taming a Rake

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  • Author : Nicole Jordan
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2016-01-26
  • ISBN : 0553392557
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book The Art of Taming a Rake written by Nicole Jordan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparks abound in this sizzling new Legendary Lovers tale from New York Times bestselling author Nicole Jordan, in which a seductive rakehell must woo his spirited but love-shy bride while unmasking a mysterious assailant. Despite his notorious reputation, Quinn Wilde, Earl of Traherne, has mostly honorable intentions. So when beautiful Venetia Stratham boldly enters a gentlemen’s club, demanding that Quinn stop courting her sister, he does what any bachelor would do: He kisses her. With her sharp wit, intoxicating passion, and surprising vulnerability, Venetia is irresistible—except for all this nonsense about threatening to shoot Quinn. But when clandestine enemies make an actual attempt on the earl’s life, Venetia is implicated. To save her good name, Quinn does what any true gentleman must do: He proposes. Thus Venetia finds herself wed to arrogant, wickedly sensual Quinn, whose devilish ways are as legendary as his rumored skills as a lover. Yet vexingly, her body rebels against her vow to remain immune to his many charms. If only she could reform the infuriating nobleman—without diminishing his undeniable allure. As Venetia discovers that a true rake is hard to tame, Quinn faces an even greater challenge: winning his wife’s fragile trust . . . while defending both their lives. Praise for The Art of Taming a Rake “A sweet and tender romance with a perfect blend of adventure and mystery . . . The repartee between the two protagonists—both of whom are struggling to stay detached—is engaging verbal foreplay that captures the heat of their physical attraction. . . . Readers will yearn for the lovers to at last be able to devote their sincere and thoughtful attention to each other.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “[Jordan] adds just the right amount of danger and a large amount of passion in this well-written love story.”—RT Book Reviews “Both sensuous and emotional, this story is a true pleasure.”—BookPage “Jordan spices up the plot of her Regency romance with an intriguing thread of danger, but longtime fans of this best-selling author needn’t worry about a lack of potent passion, since Jordan also serves up plenty of the lushly sensual love scenes for which she is famous.”—Booklist

Book Taming of the Rake

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  • Author : Victoria Vale
  • Publisher : Victoria Vale
  • Release : 2020-07-23
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Taming of the Rake written by Victoria Vale and published by Victoria Vale. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Graham loves women—so much that being a gentleman courtesan is more pleasure than business. Having newly inherited a failing country estate, the income to be earned pleasing wealthy women doesn’t hurt matters. When a new, lucrative contract is offered to him, David is happy to take on a new client … until he finds out what she really wants from him. Widowed and alone, Regina Hurst has no desire to engage in a passionate affair. Finally free and independent from the tyrannical rule of her late husband, she only wants what he could never give her—a child. Hiring a professional courtesan seems like the best way of achieving her aims, but she never expects an arrangement of convenience to blossom into something more. David sees Regina as frigid and severe, but more time spent in her company reveals a dark and hidden pain. The more she resists the spark of attraction between them, the more he strives to earn her trust and affection. Attachment is against the rules of conduct for a gentleman courtesan, but David is helpless to fight his burgeoning feelings. When their time together ends, will he walk away substantially wealthier, putting Regina behind him forever? Or, will he take a chance on turning a mercenary arrangement into something that will last forever?

Book Taming the Rake

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.

Book Taming a Rake Into a Lord

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  • Author : Tammy Andresen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-04-03
  • ISBN : 9781520799056
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Taming a Rake Into a Lord written by Tammy Andresen and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Masters is a first class rake. Having retired as a spy, he thinks he may spend the next year or two gambling and drinking as a way to forget the horrors of his past. Quite suddenly, he is thrown into a new role entirely when he inherits the title and properties of the Earl of Winthrop. He has no desire for such a role but even more distressing is the ward that accompanies the estate.Lady Elizabeth knows that her future is uncertain. But when a handsome new earl arrives and announces that the will requires her to marry within the year, all hope is lost. Having cared for her father these past months, she is less than a wallflower. At least those ladies attended the ball. But if she doesn't marry, a new Earl might take Chris' place, Bernard Sinclair. She can't explain it, but his attention frightens her more than she can express.As Chris attempts to help Lizzie find a suitable husband, his attraction for her cannot be denied. Will his past cripple his future or can Lizzie tame the rake into a lord?

Book Taming the Rake

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  • Author : Erica Ridley
  • Publisher : Erica Ridley
  • Release : 2023-03-24
  • ISBN : 1954764022
  • Pages : 199 pages

Download or read book Taming the Rake written by Erica Ridley and published by Erica Ridley. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy a fiery, passionate enemies-to-lovers revenge romance from a New York Times bestselling author! All her life, Miss Gladys Bell was a wallflower whose parents despaired of her ever attracting a suitor. Then she met the man of her dreams, who said she was the woman of his. One passionate night later, Gladys awaits a marriage proposal that never comes. Reuben Medford, the ton’s most notorious rake, doesn’t even remember her name. Thanks to his cold-hearted callousness, Gladys lost her reputation, her dowry, and her chance at love. But now she’s back, and bent on revenge. He’s trifled with the wrong woman: This wallflower has thorns. Once Gladys holds that damnable rake’s arrogant, fickle heart in her hands… She’ll crush it, just as he did to her. This time, he’ll remember her name.

Book Dancing Times

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 880 pages

Download or read book Dancing Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Taming a Wicked Rake

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  • Author : Tammy Andresen
  • Publisher : Swift Romance Publishing
  • Release : 2019-07-09
  • ISBN : 1393599591
  • Pages : 125 pages

Download or read book Taming a Wicked Rake written by Tammy Andresen and published by Swift Romance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wicked rake and a ruined lady… Lady Madeline Maddox has a secret. Actually, Maddie has several. The worst one isn’t that she accidentally kissed a known rake, Lord Adam Ridgely, in the garden at the Everston’s Ball. Nor is it that the editor of the London Standard published her scandal for all of London. Her greatest error was sending a series of letters to that same publisher detailing her deepest desires for social change. Even though she sent essays under a nom de plume, they have the power to bring real harm, not just to herself, but to her family as well. But how can she protect herself and them as a ruined woman? And why can’t she stay away from the rake who ruined her? Lord Ridgely will only make her problems worse, won’t he? The Earl of Ridgely learned long ago to keep his dalliances short and sweet. He has no use for emotional attachments, they only provide unnecessary complication. But when there is a case of mistaken identity in the garden and he inadvertently ruins a respectable lady, Adam has no choice but to offer marriage to Maddie. Except that the duke’s daughter grows more and more interesting with each passing day and her past… well it’s not so innocent. In fact, the lady needs his help. The question is, can he give her what she requires without losing his heart?

Book Glory and the Rake

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  • Author : Deborah Simmons
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 0373306326
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Glory and the Rake written by Deborah Simmons and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glory Sutton is determined to revive Queen's Well, the spa that has been owned by her family for hundreds of years. But someone doesn't want the once-popular watering hole to reopen. Could it be the Duke of Westfield? Glory finds the nobleman's sudden interest in her business unnerving, yet she must work with him to solve the myriad mysteries swirling around the age-old waters.

Book Rakes  Highwaymen  and Pirates

Download or read book Rakes Highwaymen and Pirates written by Erin Mackie and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the depiction and development of masculine figures in eighteenth-century British literature. Erin Mackie explores the shared histories of the modern polite English gentleman and other less respectable but no less celebrated eighteenth-century masculine types: the rake, the highwayman, and the pirate. Mackie traces the emergence of these character types to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when traditional aristocratic authority was increasingly challenged. She argues that the development of the modern polite gentleman as a male archetype can only be fully comprehended when considered alongside figures of fallen nobility, which, although criminal, were also glamorous enough to reinforce the same ideological order. In Evelina’s Lord Orville, Clarissa’s Lovelace, Rookwood’s Dick Turpin, and Caleb Williams's Falkland, Mackie reads the story of the ideal gentleman alongside that of the outlaw, revealing the parallel lives of these seemingly contradictory characters. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. “In this well-researched study, Mackie makes a strong case for the inclusion of alternative, criminal masculinities in understanding the development of the modern English gentleman and patriarchy in the eighteenth century. Situated at the nexus of gender theory and literary studies, her book adds to the study of modern and late modern cultural norms of gender and sexuality through discourse analysis of literary and nonliterary texts.” —Srividhya Swaminathan, Journal of British Studies “The topic is lively, the writing clear, and the argument persuasive. Bringing together histories of criminality, of gender, and of manners cuts across the period in a new way that promises to produce lively debate.” —James Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “The central concern of this book is the transformation of the “British gentleman” from the so-called Glorious Revolution through reformulations of patriarchy as exhibited in taste, sensibility, and virtue in the 18th century and beyond.” —Choice

Book Literary Research and the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period

Download or read book Literary Research and the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period written by Jennifer Bowers and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides the best practices and reference resources, both print and electronic, that can be used in conducting research on literature of the British Renaissance and Early Modern Period. This volume seeks to address specific research characteristics integral to studying the period, including a more inclusive canon and the predominance of Shakespeare.

Book Rakes   Rebels  The Raveneau Family  Collection One  Silver Storm   Her Husband  the Rake

Download or read book Rakes Rebels The Raveneau Family Collection One Silver Storm Her Husband the Rake written by Cynthia Wright and published by Boxwood Manor Books. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TWO-BOOK SET starring a magical couple! Join André & Devon, the couple who launched the Raveneau Family series, from their long-ago meeting and stormy romance in SILVER STORM to the sequel, HER HUSBAND, THE RAKE, that takes readers inside their still-passionate, but bumpy marriage... SILVER STORM – Dashing and dangerous André Raveneau is the Revolutionary War’s most reckless privateer captain when Devon Lindsay stows away aboard his ship after her Connecticut town is burned by the British. Raveneau sardonically agrees to deliver her to her childhood sweetheart in Virginia but doesn’t count on his own potent attraction to the enchanting, courageous Devon. HER HUSBAND, THE RAKE - “And they lived happily ever after...” Or did they? Can a rake like André Raveneau truly be tamed into a domesticated husband and father...or is he a pacing tiger, destined to break free of his cage? Come into the Raveneaus’ Connecticut home, as Devon struggles to balance the needs of her little children with the demands of her restless, hot-blooded husband. When two people reappear from the past, St. Valentine’s Day becomes a time of reckoning for André and Devon Raveneau. "No matter how many Historical romance novels you read, André Raveneau will set the standard by which you will compare the rest of your heroes." ~ Elizabeth Clayton, Amazon Reader Rakes & Rebels: The Raveneau Family series: 1 - SILVER STORM (André & Devon) 2 - HER HUSBAND, THE RAKE: a sequel novella (André & Devon) 3 - SMUGGLER'S MOON (Sebastian & Julia) 4 - THE SECRET OF LOVE (Gabriel & Isabella) 5 - SURRENDER THE STARS (Ryan & Lindsay) 6 - HIS MAKE-BELIEVE BRIDE (Justin & Mouette) 7 - HIS RECKLESS BARGAIN (Nathan & Adrienne) 8 - TEMPEST (Adam & Cathy) Rakes & Rebels: The Raveneau Family intertwines with Rakes & Rebels: The Beauvisage Family series: 1 – STOLEN BY A PIRATE: a prequel novella to RESCUED BY A ROGUE (Jean-Philippe & Antonia) 2 – RESCUED BY A ROGUE (Alec & Caro) 3 - TOUCH THE SUN (Lion & Meagan) 4 - SPRING FIRES (Nicholai & Lisette) 5 - HER DANGEROUS VISCOUNT (Grey & Natalya) "SILVER STORM is my ALL-TIME favorite historical romance - and André Raveneau is my favorite hero! I've read hundreds upon hundreds of them and it simply doesn't get any better." ~ PAST ROMANCE, Historical Romance Reviews

Book Opera and British Print Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century

Download or read book Opera and British Print Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century written by Christina Fuhrmann and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, studies of opera, of print culture, and of music in Britain in the long nineteenth century have proliferated. This essay collection explores the multiple point of interaction among these fields. Past scholarship often used print as a simple conduit for information about opera in Britain, but these essays demonstrate that print and opera existed in a more complex symbiosis. This collection embeds opera within the culture of Britain in the long nineteenth century, a culture inundated by print. The essays explore: how print culture both disseminated and shaped operatic culture; how the businesses of opera production and publishing intertwined; how performers and impresarios used print culture to cultivate their public persona; how issues of nationalism, class, and gender impacted reception in the periodical press; and how opera intertwined with literature, not only drawing source material from novels and plays, but also as a plot element in literary works or as a point of friction in literary circles. As the growth of digital humanities increases access to print sources, and as opera scholars move away from a focus on operas as isolated works, this study points the way forward to a richer understanding of the intersections between opera and print culture.

Book The Rake s Vow

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  • Author : Ruth Ann Nordin
  • Publisher : Ruth Ann Nordin
  • Release : 2017-03-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book The Rake s Vow written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on 2017-03-18 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thaddeus (Tad) Darkin, the Duke of Lambeth, used to be a rake. In fact, before Lord Edon was scandalizing the Ton, Tad was the one everyone was talking about. Many gentlemen secretly wished they had his charm with the ladies. All reputable ladies were warned to stay as far from him as possible, which only made him all the more attractive. Then, after a tragic event, he took a vow of celibacy, promising he would never be intimate with another lady again. Over the years, this caused him to be the most sought-after single gentleman in all of London. And even though he doesn't want to marry, his steward left him in financial ruin, so whether he likes it or not, he must take a wife. After being rejected by the gentleman she was hoping to marry, Miss Loretta Bachman is on a mission to save her reputation. She needs to marry someone who will impress the prestigious ladies in her social circle. So when she catches the leader of the group talking about the very handsome and hard-to-get Duke of Lambeth, she's determined to get him to marry her. All she needs is a little bargaining power, and fortunately for her, she happens to have the money he needs to save his estate. When she learns of his vow to remain celibate, she agrees to keep away from his bed. After all, her only reason for marrying him is to secure her social standing in London, not to have a love match. All she asks is that he pretends to be deeply in love with her when they're in public. That way she will succeed in impressing the Ton. But before long, the lines between what is pretend and what is real starts to blur, and it's hard to decide how far to push the limits of their agreement.

Book Taming the Duke s Heart  Taming a Duke s Heart Books 1 3

Download or read book Taming the Duke s Heart Taming a Duke s Heart Books 1 3 written by Tammy Andresen and published by Swift Romance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taming the Duke’s Heart See what it means to tame two dukes and a laird from the bestselling series, Taming the Heart. Also, enjoy some bonus material with tantalizing glimpses into the future of Taming the Duke's Heart. Taming a Duke's Reckless Heart Piper Baker’s mother is gravely ill and they are about to be destitute. With both time and money running out, marriage is her only option. While suitors swirl around her, none capture her heart until Barrett Maddox, Duke of Manchester, saves her from a band of thieves. But the one man she wants is the only one she cannot have. Barrett Maddox has few rules for his life, but one of them is to stay far away from marriageable virgins. That is until he rescue’s Piper with her auburn hair and spunky fortitude. For some unknown and insane reason, he agrees to her mother’s request to help broker her on the marriage market of New York. Moreover, while he will easily ward off any unwanted suitors, he cannot imagine how he will keep his hands to himself? As their lives become more tangled, the question becomes… Is there anything more reckless than love? Taming a Duke's Wild Rose Since the death of her mother, Lady Rose Wentworth has dreamed of a hero. A knight or soldier who sweeps her off her feet and heals the scars she hides within. These fantasies cloud her judgement when it comes to a man’s true nature and every suitor she pines for proves to be less than honorable. But Rose is convinced she has finally found a true hero in the soldier, Carl Lundberg. Fearing for Rose’s future, her father arranges a match with the scarred duke. Powerful and rich beyond reason, Lord Wentworth is convinced this is the man who can provide a real future for his daughter. But Rose knows better, or so she thinks. Now she is caught between two men, one handsome and dashing, the other scarred but intriguing none-the-less. As each vies for her hand, Rose finds it more difficult to discern whose intentions are pure. The more Rose is entangled in the web of love and marriage the more she questions which man has the true heart and who can unlock hers. Taming a Laird's Wild Lady Miss Isabelle Maddox, known as Isla, has never been one to follow rules. She would much rather a reckless ride on horseback than a dance in a ballroom but her father has very different ideas about her future. To further the families’ fortune, he would see her married to a Scottish lord. Isla fears this will be the end of the life she treasures above all else. Gavin Campbell will never marry again. His past has taught him well, his first wife’s spending has him teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Marriage is a disease, or so he thought until the headstrong Isla starts seeping into is heart and he begins to wonder if a woman like her might actually be a cure. Can Isla’s wild ways tame this laird’s heart?