Download or read book The Scandalous Duke Takes a Bride written by Tiffany Clare and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling Dangerous Rogues novel from Tiffany Clare, a daring and dangerously handsome duke will do anything for the woman he loves-even if it sparks a scandal, in The Scandalous Duke Takes a Bride. FRIENDS AND LOVERS... As a wealthy young widow, Lady Jessica Heyer must endure the closest of scrutiny and most wicked of rumors from society gossips. Their whispers would be utterly unbearable if it weren't for her oldest friend, the Duke of Alsborough. Jessica knows she can always count on Hayden. What she never could have expected, however, is that he is deeply, madly in love with her... TO HAVE AND TO HOLD For years, Hayden has kept his longing for his beautiful friend Jessica a secret. But now that she's finally free to remarry, will she be willing to take their relationship to a more intimate level? He'll get his answer soon-at a glittering masquerade, where identities are hidden, hearts are open, and true love is unmasked...in a single, shameless act of passion. "Sensual historical romance that will touch your heart."-Romance Junkies

Download or read book Scandalous Duke Takes a Bride written by Tiffany Clare and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this dazzling Dangerous Rogues novel from Tiffany Clare, a daring and dangerously handsome duke will do anything for the woman he loves--even if it sparks a scandal, in The Scandalous Duke Takes a Bride." "FRIENDS AND LOVERS " "As a wealthy young widow, Lady Jessica Heyer must endure the closest of scrutiny and most wicked of rumors from society gossips. Their whispers would be utterly unbearable if it weren't for her oldest friend, the Duke of Alsborough. Jessica knows she can always count on Hayden. What she never could have expected, however, is that he is deeply, madly in love with her " "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD" "For years, Hayden has kept his longing for his beautiful friend Jessica a secret. But now that she's finally free to remarry, will she be willing to take their relationship to a more intimate level? He'll get his answer soon--at a glittering masquerade, where identities are hidden, hearts are open, and true love is unmasked in a single, shameless act of passion." "" "" "Sensual historical romance that will touch your heart."--"Romance Junkies""

Download or read book To Love a Scandalous Duke written by Liana De la Rosa and published by Entangled: Select Historical. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family scandal drove Declan Sinclair into exile years ago. Now he’s been summoned home, only to find the devastating news that his brother’s been murdered. Now Declan is the new Duke of Darington, and he’s determined to unravel the truth behind his brother’s untimely demise. But just as Declan narrows in on his suspect—the same cur responsible for his own exile—he encounters a very comely complication...Lady Alethea Swinton. Alethea Swinton has cultivated her pristine reputation in the hopes of winning her father’s praise. Yet with Declan’s return, Alethea finds she’s willing to court scandal and defy her father to help the handsome new duke uncover the truth behind his brother’s death. But Declan’s redemption would mean her family’s ruin... Each book in the Once Upon A Scandal series is STANDALONE: * To Love a Scandalous Duke * To Resist a Scandalous Rogue * To Tame a Scandalous Lady * To Tempt a Scandalous Lord

Download or read book Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage written by Valerie Bowman and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A duchess awaiting trial for her vile husband's murder is the most delicious gossip the ton has heard in years. But for Kate Townsende, the woman in question, it could be a matter of life and death. And when a shrewd and handsome nobleman offers to publish her side of the story while arranging for a barrister to take her case, she's tempted by much more than the chance to defend herself... James Bancroft, Viscount Medford, tells himself he's only interested in a bestselling pamphlet, but Kate's stubborn determination is captivating. Could the accused widow be telling the truth? At first, James isn't sure of anything besides his growing desire for her—but before long he's willing to risk much more than his reputation to make the infamous beauty his wife... Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage is the third Secret Brides novel from Valerie Bowman.

Download or read book Marriage Deal with the Devilish Duke written by Millie Adams and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risking her reputation… To reclaim her life! Lady Beatrice finally has a plan to escape her controlling brother by compromising herself with a gentleman friend so they are forced to wed. But things go awry when she accidentally throws herself at the wrong man! Now she is honor bound to marry the Duke of Brigham, her brother’s outrageous best friend. It’s not the safe, secure match she’d planned on—for he has sparked something in her untouched soul that explodes into flame! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Download or read book Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke written by Suzanne Enoch and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke Suzanne Enoch SHE BREAKS ALL THE RULES... Sophia White knows she will never marry into polite society. The illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, she works at the Tantalus Club, a discreet establishment for gentlemen—and her only suitor is a pastor who wants to save her soul. So when Sophia is invited to spend the holidays at the estate of Adam Baswich, the devilishly handsome Duke of Greaves, she is delighted—and determined to enjoy her last nights of freedom before surrendering her hand... TO CAPTURE A NOBLEMAN'S HEART Inviting Sophia for Christmas is a daring courtesy on Adam's part, but he soon finds the pleasure is all his. Sophia is beautiful, courageous, and stubbornly self-sufficient despite her scandalous circumstances—and not at all the kind of woman he could possibly marry. Adam knows he must find a wife by his thirtieth birthday or he will lose his fortune. But can he defy convention—and convince Sophia—to risk it all in the name of true love?

Download or read book Desperately Seeking A Duke written by Celeste Bradley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "USA Today" bestselling author delivers the first novel in a brand-new series about three young women looking for love--and upward mobility--in Regency England. Original.

Download or read book The Duke s Stolen Bride written by Sophie Jordan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestseller! From USA Today bestselling author Sophie Jordan comes a scandalously sensual romance in her beloved Rogue Files series. “Deliciously sexy!”—Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author An urgent dilemma… To save her impoverished family, Marian Langley will become a mistress. But she will not be just any mistress. Marian intends to become so skilled, so coveted, that she can set her own terms, retaining control over her body and her fate. Only one problem remains: finding a tutor… A scandalous solution… Other men deprive themselves of pleasure for propriety’s sake. Nathaniel, Duke of Warrington, would much rather be depraved. He slakes his desires with professionals who ask nothing of him but his coin. Marian’s proposal—that he train her without taking her virtue—is an intriguing diversion, until their lessons in seduction spin out of control. And a most unlikely duchess… When Marian is blackmailed into engagement by a man she despises, Nate impulsively steals her away. Though he never intended to take a wife, he can’t tolerate the idea of Marian forfeiting her freedom to another. But can he bear to give her what she demands—a real marriage?

Download or read book Never a Bride written by Megan Frampton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next thrilling installment in Megan Frampton’s scintillating A Duke’s Daughters series. She’s a deliciously scandalous woman who is no man’s bride… He’s a black sheep, forced to return home. Together, they enter a make-believe betrothal that shocks London society… After twelve years in Her Majesty’s Navy, Griffith Davies must leave his sea-going life of outrageous freedom behind, forced to rejoin London society as the heir to the Duke of Northam. But though he is now shackled to the land, he has no desire to wed some innocently dull young thing. Who best to shield him from the matchmakers than a woman as notorious as he? Lady Della Howlett’s reputation was tattered years ago, so entering into a false engagement with Griffith is hardly going to make matters worse. What’s one more shock to the ton to set their tongues wagging? And this pact certainly has its pleasures; the passion Griffith commands in her goes well beyond their agreement. Could her feelings might be more honorable than she’d first imagined? Soon, Griffith and Della are arousing more than scandal, they’re courting heartbreak. And more than their reputations could still be at risk.

Download or read book The Handbook to Handling His Lordship written by Suzanne Enoch and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HANDBOOK TO HANDLING HIS LORDSHIP SUZANNE ENOCH Emily Portsman has a secret, and three years ago she decided the best way to keep it would be to work at the Tantalus Club, a notorious gaming establishment for gentlemen. It's not the sort of work a beautiful, well-bred governess would ever consider-unless she's hiding from her past and a man who wants to destroy her present... Nate Stokes, Earl of Westfall, is a supremely accomplished former spy more at home on London's seedy streets than in any glittery ballroom. His peers know him only as a bookish fellow who can find anything-or anyone. When the Marquis of Ebberling hires him to find a murderess, Nate's search leads him to the Tantalus Club and Emily Portsman. In a game where no one is who they seem and when every conversation is a deadly dance of trust and desire, the only thing Nate knows for sure is that once he gets Emily in his arms, he will never let go...

Download or read book My Scandalous Bride written by Christina Dodd and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-05-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passion is endless and it's only just begun in these four scintillating tales of brides-to-be by four of today's hottest romance authors... My Scandalous Bride Christina Dodd, "The Lady and the Tiger" Laura Haver will stop at nothing to find out who killed her brother-even if it means posing as the wife of notorious rogue Keefe Leighton, the Earl of Hamilton. But things go too far when Keefe engages Laura in an artful game of seduction-a game that can have only one winner... Stephanie Laurens, "Melting Ice" Once, Dyan St. Laurent Dare, Duke of Darke, dreamed of making Lady Fiona his bride. Now they're together again-at a scandalous dinner party where debauchery is the menu's main course. But will wedding bells ring after the guests get their just desserts? Celeste Bradley, "Wedding Knight" Alfred Knight will do anything to avoid a scandal-even marry a woman he barely knows. But his bride has a most titillating secret...one she'll share as soon as she conquers her temptation for the man she was never supposed to marry! Leslie LaFoy, "The Proposition" Rennick St. James, the Earl of Parnell, has four days to seduce London's most popular widow into becoming his wife-or else she'll marry another man. It won't be easy...but Rennick has been lusting after the beguiling Julia Hamilton far too long to let her go now... Look Inside for an Excerpt to Christina Dodd's brand new contemporary romance

Download or read book The Bride Goes Rogue written by Joanna Shupe and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joanna Shupe is the queen of historical bad boys!" — Julia Quinn By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the third installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about an arranged engagement destined for disaster. A hard-hearted tycoon. A romantic dreamer. An engagement set up to fail. The charismatic and vivacious Katherine Delafield should be married by now. Her father arranged an engagement to the much sought-after tycoon Preston Clarke ages ago. The only problem is Preston refuses to acknowledge it. But this isn’t going to stop Katherine from living life to the fullest as she ditches all silly notions of love and marriage and sets out to sample all the excitement New York City has to offer . . . the more scandalous the better. Because no matter what happens, she and Preston will never marry. After his family nearly lost everything, Preston is done letting his late father ruin his life—including choosing his bride. But when a mysterious lover at a masquerade turns out to be his would-be fiancée, Preston's resolve begins to crumble. He hadn't expected Katherine to be so charming. Or beautiful. Or passionate. And seeing her out on the town with other men is driving him crazy. What happens when the wrong bride turns out to be the right woman after all?

Download or read book Kiss Me Kate written by Tiffany Clare and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to the Dangerous Rogues, one kiss is all it takes to start a scandal. Will the ends justify the means for two star-crossed lovers? Kate Farrow doesn't care what anybody thinks. Her own mother ran off with a lover when Kate was just a young girl. Now her father has a different fate in store for her with his heart set on a union with the loathsome Duke of Westmoore. Still, how can she—a beautiful, proper, London-society woman—just pick up and run off with George Langsley? Too handsome for his own good, and a well-known rake to boot, he is surely not marriage material for Kate. But George ignites a passion in her that she cannot deny. Is her desire worth the risk?

Download or read book The Scandalous Brides Collection written by Suzanne Enoch and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four scandalous brides. Four tantalizing lords, each capable of making his lady's blood boil- and her body burn with desire. Dive into this sexy Historical Regency bundle from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch. THE WICKED ONE Prequel story to A Beginner's Guide to Rakes. A young, desperate widow. An inveterate rogue with a gambler's charm. A chance meeting that leaves them both breathless with desire... Raven-haired Diane Benchley is left alone in a foreign land with nothing but the clothes on her back and a mountain of her late husband's gambling debts. Before the young beauty can give in to despair, she meets Oliver Warren, the rebellious and disgraced heir to the Marquis of Haybury, her first love. Wickedly flirtatious and powerfully handsome, Oliver is everything Diane's husband was not, and she longs to taste true passion just once. Their clandestine affair is a deliciously sensual education-but will it also be a lesson in love? A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO RAKES All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring - and completely unconventional - Diane Benchley. When she strikes a daring deal with Oliver Warren, the notoriously sexy and devastatingly devious Marquis of Haybury, it seems to benefit them both, but it might just be the biggest risk she - and Oliver - have ever taken... TAMING AN IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE Runaway Bride! Disowned by her family after jilting her haughty fiancé, Lady Camille Pryce is left with one option: go to work in the notorious Tantalus Club. When her embarrassed and ridiculed fiancé sends his cousin, Keating Blackwood, to retrieve her from her improper occupation, the sinfully handsome "Bloody" Blackwood, nixes that plan - and decides to risk everything to be with Camille himself... RULES TO CATCH A DEVILISH DUKE When Sophia White, an employee of the Tantalus club and illegitimate daughter of a duke, is invited to spend the holidays at the estate of Adam Baswich, the devilishly handsome Duke of Greaves, she is delighted - and determined to enjoy a few weeks the nights of passion with a man who can never truly be hers. Adam is enchanted by the beautiful, courageous woman sharing his bed - but knows that his aristocratic family would never allow them to marry. Can he defy convention - and convince Sophia to risk it all in the name of true love? THE HANDBOOK TO HANDLING HIS LORDSHIP Emily Portsman has been keeping a secret during her time working at the notorious Tantalus Club. Nate Stokes, Earl of Westfall, is a supremely accomplished former spy more at home on London's seedy streets than in any glittery ballroom. When a job leads him to the Tantalus Club and the beautiful Emily they will enter a dance of trust and desire. Emily may not be what she seems, but the only thing Nate knows for certain is that once he gets her in his arms, he will never let go...

Download or read book The Duke s Forbidden Ward written by Millie Adams and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrillingly sensual Regency romance from Millie Adams! Her unattainable guardian The man she secretly yearns for! This season, Eleanor Jennings must find a husband. Her guardian, Hugh, the autocratic and devastatingly alluring Duke of Kendal, has made that abundantly clear. The only flaw in his plan? Eleanor’s scandalous longing for him! Hugh might consider her off-limits and dangerously innocent, but Eleanor can see the pain and secrets he hides. Can Eleanor also be brave enough to make Hugh see the passion that exists between them? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Scandalous Society Brides Book 1: The Duke's Forbidden Ward

Download or read book Accidentally Compromising the Duke written by Stacy Reid and published by Entangled: Scandalous. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Adeline Hays is out of options. Determined to escape marriage to a repugnant earl, Adeline plans to deliberately allow herself to be caught in a compromising position at a house party with the much kinder man she’d hoped to marry. Instead, Adeline accidentally enters the wrong chamber and tumbles into the bed of a duke rumored to be mad... Edmond Rochester, the duke of Wolverton, is seeking a wife to care for his two daughters. A young lady of sensibilities, accomplishment, and most importantly, one he is not attracted to—a complete opposite of the bewitching beauty who traps him into marriage. But Edmond refuses to ever again suffer the torment of grief. And despite the lust he feels for his new duchess, he’ll never allow himself to give into his hunger for Adeline...no matter the cost. Each book in the Wedded by Scandal series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Accidentally Compromising the Duke Book #2 Wicked in His Arms Book #3 How to Marry a Marquess

Download or read book The Improper Bride written by Lily Maxton and published by Entangled: Scandalous. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold, arrogant, and demanding Henry Eldridge, Marquess of Riverton, would never dally with a mere servant. But when Henry is injured in a horrible fire, his pretty housekeeper Cassandra nurses him back to health, throwing them together day and night. As he slowly heals from his burns, their friendship blossoms, and the class walls between them start to crumble. Cassandra is surprised by glimpses of a kind and thoughtful man beneath her employer’s hard façade—and even more surprised when she develops tender feelings for him. But anything between lord and servant is impossible...and besides, as a widow, she knows love only leads to heartbreak. Henry is changing, as well. His close brush with death has opened his eyes to his self-imposed emotional isolation...and has urgently reminded him of his duty to marry a well-bred lady and produce an heir. Determined to do right by his family name, he immediately begins searching for a suitable bride. But Cassandra is the only woman who is never far from his mind or his heart. Contrary to everything he’s been taught to believe, he realizes his lovely housekeeper might just be his perfect match. Now, if only he could convince everyone else of that. Especially Cassandra...