Download or read book The Debutante s Revenge written by Sylvia McDaniel and published by Virtual Bookseller, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reckless Flirting and a Dangerous Temptation Daisy Trippe is the perfect daughter and the perfect woman to be a wealthy man’s wife. At the Debutante Ball, her goal is to kiss a handsome man. A rich handsome man who would make all her socialite dreams come true. Then she sees Lee Sackett. She overhears that the man is well off and he fills out his clothes so deliciously. A temptation too much to resist. Lee Sackett is building his ranch. One day he will be a rich man, but right now, his one-room cabin is all he can afford. He needs to swap bulls with Mr. Trippe but the man is impossible to talk to. Lee hears Trippe will be at the Debutante Ball, so he puts on a suit coat and goes to the ball. He doesn’t want a wife. It’s too soon. But one young woman is too alluring to walk away from. Everything seems so innocent until they are caught. Now the hard-working rancher is being forced to marry a woman who vows to get revenge on him for ruining her dreams.

Download or read book The Last Debutante written by Julia London and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lush Scottish Highlands are a tempting setting for seduction in New York Times bestselling author Julia London’s sparkling novel. Who is the captive and who is the captor? When a sexy laird holds a spirited English lady for ransom, she turns the tables and steals his heart. The last person Daria Babcock expects to find in her grandmother’s home is a brawny, naked Highlander. She doesn’t buy Mamie’s explanation about finding the poor man shot in the woods. Nor does she trust the gorgeous laird, who insists his own memory fails him. But Daria came to Scotland looking for adventure and romance, and after the intriguing stranger kidnaps her, she gets her wish—and so much more....

Download or read book Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes written by Cathy Holton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: kud • zu \kud-zü\ n: a ubiquitous vine/weed found in Southern climes that, left uncontrolled, will grow over any fixed object in its path, including trees, power lines, and the entire state of Georgia. deb•u•tante \de-byu-tänt\ n: a young woman making a debut into society, easily spotted in white dress and pearl necklace. Common names include Muffy, Bootsy, and Bunny. Eadie Boone is no shrinking violet. An artist and former beauty queen who married into one of the first families of Ithaca, Georgia, she tackles everything with gusto and flair. But tailing her wayward husband proves to be, well, an exasperating chore. If only Trevor would just see the light, dump his twenty-two-year-old hussy, and return home, Eadie’s creative energy could be put to better use. Now all she has to do is convince him. Nita Broadwell, a good Southern girl from a good Southern family, is jolted out of complacency when she discovers condoms in her husband’s shirt pocket (“Maybe he’d found them on the ground and picked them up”). Between clinging to denial and dodging her overbearing mother-in-law, Nita is also trying to break her addiction to steamy bodice-ripper novels. Only now it appears she’s authoring her own real-life romance tale with a hunky handyman thirteen years her junior. Lavonne Zibolsky–a transplanted Yankee, bless her heart–is saddled with planning the annual Broadwell & Boone law firm party. That and her lackluster marriage have her seeking solace in the contents of her refrigerator. If she could just put down the Rocky Road ice cream and peach pie, she might get around to finding a caterer, dropping sixty pounds, and figuring out how to fall in love with her husband again. Not necessarily in that order. Bonded by years of friendship, these three women discover what else they have in common: lying, cheating spouses. So they heed their collective betrayals as a wake-up call and band together to exact sweet revenge. The take-charge trio will see to it that the punishment is just, exquisitely humiliating, and downright hilarious. Cathy Holton’s debut novel is a delicious yarn of friendship and marriage, secrets and retribution, and how nothing stays hidden for long. Against a Southern backdrop of gentility and decorum, Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes dares to abandon Junior League social graces in ways that would make even Scarlett O’Hara blush. "It’s great fun reading about these women as they trade their tea for tequila and get smart, get out, and get even, with amusing, and surprising results." --Nancy Thayer, author of The Hot Flash Club "Sly, smart, and full of great characters -- and then there’s that sweet, sweet revenge. Getting even has never been so creative. Or delicious." --Louise Shaffer, author of The Ladies of Garrison Gardens

Download or read book When You Wish Upon a Rogue written by Anna Bennett and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Something special." - New York Times Book Review A New York Times Book Review Summer Read Pick! Once upon a time in Anna Bennett's When You Wish Upon a Rogue, three young ladies vowed to record their first London seasons and to fill in the gaps of their educations. She knows what she wants. Miss Sophie Kendall is happiest arranging the secret meetings of the Debutante Underground, a group of women who come together to discuss the weekly advice column The Debutante’s Revenge. What makes Sophie most unhappy is her impending march down the aisle to a man she does not love. But her family’s finances are in increasingly dire straits. He makes an offer she can’t refuse. Henry Reese, Earl of Warshire, hasn’t slept in weeks. Desperate to escape his manor house and its haunting memories, he heads for one of his abandoned London properties. There he meets a beautiful, intriguing woman—trespassing. Reese is far less interested in Sophie’s search for a secret meeting spot than he is in her surprising ability to soothe his demons. So he strikes a bargain with her: his shop in exchange for spending one night a week with him. Is this love for real—or just a dream? Sophie never expected this to happen. But she cannot deny the fire Reese sparks in her—and soon their shared desire burns bright. Sophie is irrevocably promised to another. But maybe these two ill-fated lovers can find a way to risk it all—all the way to happily ever after... "Sparkling." - Publishers Weekly on When You Wish Upon a Rogue “Fans of...Eloisa James, Tessa Dare, and Mary Jo Putney will go wild.”—Booklist

Download or read book The Viscount s Revenge written by Marion Chesney and published by Severn House Pub Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A labyrinth of love and larceny evolves after the theft of a Duke's fabled family jewels, his love for a penniless young girl, and his forthcoming marriage to a most beautiful and suitable Lady. Follows AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN PINEAPPLE.

Download or read book The Duke Is But a Dream written by Anna Bennett and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s a secret sensation. Miss Lily Hartley is the anonymous mastermind behind the ton’s latest obsession: The Debutante’s Revenge, a tell-all advice column for young ladies. To keep her identity hidden, Lily delivers her columns disguised as a boy—which is well and good, until she lands in the middle of tavern brawl. As luck would have it, a devastatingly handsome duke sweeps in to rescue her. He has no idea who she is. Eric Nash, Duke of Stonebridge, discovers there’s a beautiful woman hiding beneath a lad’s cap, and, before long, he’s falling for the delightfully clever stranger recuperating in his house. He vows to help her find her home, even though he’s reluctant to part with her. There’s only one problem... Neither does she. Lily has no idea who she is. She could be a duchess or maid. Betrothed or married. There’s only one thing she does know—that her attraction to Nash is more than skin-deep, and it grows stronger every day. While Lily and Nash search to find her true identity, they just might lose their hearts to each other... “Fans of Regency romance authors Eloisa James, Tessa Dare, and Mary Jo Putney will go wild.” —Booklist "Deeply satisfying." - Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Revenge of Lord Eberlin written by Julia London and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the “superbly entertaining” (Booklist) Regency historical series from New York Times bestselling author Julia London. Tobin Scott, otherwise known as Count Eberlin of Denmark, has returned to Hadley Green, the site of his father’s hanging for thievery fifteen years ago. He has but one goal in mind, and that is to avenge his father, who he believes was innocent of stealing the Countess of Ashwood jewels. Now a wealthy man, Tobin intends to exact his revenge by destroying the Ashwood estate and the Countess of Ashwood, who as a young girl testified against his father. Lily Boudine has become the Countess of Ashwood through a very surprising twist of fate. She is even more surprised when a vaguely familiar looking man calls and tells her he is Tobin Scott, whom she knew as a boy, and that he intends to destroy her or Ashwood. He leaves the choice to her. Because so many people depend on Ashwood, Lily chooses herself, thinking that she can hold him at bay long enough to remove Ashwood from his clutches. But as they play the game of seduction, and she slowly discovers that he is not the cold, heartless man he would like to present to her, she also believes that Tobin is right—his father did not steal the jewels. And if she can find them, she can help restore his family’s honor—but not before she discovers another shocking secret.

Download or read book The Hazards of Hunting a Duke written by Julia London and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Bridgerton will fall in love with Julia London’s New York Times bestselling “witty, spicy, and funny” (Library Journal) Desperate Debutantes trilogy, in which three aristocratic sisters, upon discovering they are destitute, resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams. The young ladies of the Fairchild family have just learned that their stepfather has absconded with their late mother’s fortune. Ava, the eldest, decides to take matters into her own hands and hunts down the notoriously wealthy rakehell Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton and heir to a dukedom. Much to her shock and delight, the marquis sweeps her into a whirlwind romance and proposes marriage. But after their passionate wedding night, Ava discovers Jared has ulterior motives of his own. Not only does he expect her to deliver an heir while he continues to enjoy a rogue’s life, but Ava also suspects she is a pawn in her husband’s quest for revenge. Marriages of convenience might work for some, but for Ava, a loveless bond won’t do. So she devises a bold plan to confront her husband’s demons so that he will be free to give her his heart for the right reason: because she is the only woman he will ever truly desire.

Download or read book Courting the Forbidden Debutante written by Laura Martin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man uses an earl’s daughter to fulfill his quest for vengeance—until passion waylays his scheme. First in the Scandalous Australian Bachelors series. When Sam Robertson returns to London after making his fortune in Australia, he has one mission—revenge on the earl who’d had him wrongly convicted and sent away years before. But upon meeting Lady Georgina, the earl’s daughter, Sam’s plan is thrown into disarray. Their admiration is mutual, but is his hunger for her stronger than his thirst for retribution? The Scandalous Australian Bachelors miniseries: Book 1—Courting the Forbidden Debutante Book 2—Reunited with His Long-Lost Cinderella Book 3—Her Rags to Riches Christmas Praise for Laura Martin “She immerses readers in the world and scandals of the ton with realistic settings, authentic dialogue and twists and turns.” —RT Book Reviews “A sweet and passionate romance . . . a solid and engaging read.” —Roses Are Blue

Download or read book The Debutante s Gamble Marriage of Convenience Western Historical Romance written by Sylvia McDaniel and published by Virtual Bookseller, LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this enemies to lovers Western historical from USA Today Bestselling Author Sylvia McDaniel Gambling on the Wild Woman Fannie Trippe is every mother’s nightmare. A wild child who refuses to obey the rules of conventional society—like women don’t gamble. Until the night her full house beats the mine owner’s three of a kind. Did she win or lose when she drew his attention? Walter Hersey watches the spirited young woman take everyone’s cash while rejecting the men who flirt outrageously. Struggling to raise his motherless twins, could this spunky woman gambler tame his ruffian children? With Fannie’s mother’s help, he plots to ensnare her and bend her to his will. Is he the one to tame Fannie’s wild ways? Or will the schemer soon find himself in a trap of his own making? Fans of Cynthia Wright, Jenna Kernan and Linda Lael Miller, check out these wild debutantes.

Download or read book The Russian Debutante s Handbook written by Gary Shteyngart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS A visionary novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Little Failure. The Russian Debutante's Handbook introduces Vladimir Girshkin, one of the most original and unlikely heroes of recent times. The twenty-five-year-old unhappy lover to a fat dungeon mistress, affectionately nicknamed "Little Failure" by his high-achieving mother, Vladimir toils his days away as a lowly clerk at the bureaucratic Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society. When a wealthy but psychotic old Russian war hero appears, Vladimir embarks on an adventure of unrelenting lunacy that takes us from New York's Lower East Side to the hip frontier wilderness of Prava--the Eastern European Paris of the nineties. With the help of a murderous but fun-loving Russian mafioso, Vladimir infiltrates the Prava expat community and launches a scheme as ridiculous as it is brilliant. Bursting with wit, humor, and rare insight, The Russian Debutante's Handbook is both a highly imaginative romp and a serious exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in America.

Download or read book The Debutante s Scandal written by Sylvia McDaniel and published by Virtual Bookseller, LLC. This book was released on 2023-08-26 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandal at the Debutante Ball… Much to her mother’s dismay, Meg Trippe isn’t interested in rushing to the altar. At eighteen, she’s a forward-thinking woman who dreams of independence and never relying on a man. But her mother dreams of her marrying wealth. Unfortunately, Meg falls right into her mother’s scheme when she flees the debutante ball. Martin Scott’s father is a wealthy railroad tycoon. With mothers shoving their eligible daughters at him like candy in the wedding market, marriage is the least of his desires. Until a young woman literally falls into his arms with her skirt above her head. Caught in a compromising position, the girl’s distraught mother and his powerful father force them to marry. Will they divorce or can two strangers overcome their anger and build a life together? Could the defiant debutante and the spoiled rich boy be meant for one another?

Download or read book A Wager to Win the Debutante written by Eva Shepherd and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All bets are off in this lively Victorian romance full of spice and wit! May the best gentleman win… A debutante? Wealthy rail baron Thomas Hayward needs a duke’s land to expand his empire, but the oaf insists on a ridiculous wager: they’ll both woo debutante Miss Grace Lowerby, and if she chooses the duke—which she surely will—Thomas gets the land at a cheaper price. He can’t lose… To save her family, Grace must marry the duke. And yet in dashing Thomas she’s found a man she can finally be herself with. But focusing on her goal is paramount…until she discovers the wager and—annoyingly!—that it’s Thomas she’s falling for! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Rakes, Rebels and Rogues Book 1: A Wager to Win the Debutante Book 2: A Widow to Defy the Duke

Download or read book The Debutante s of Durango Box Set Books 4 7 Box Set Forced Marriage Western Historical Romance written by Sylvia McDaniel and published by Virtual Bookseller, LLC. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy these marriages of inconvenience books from USA Today Bestselling Author Sylvia McDaniel The Debutantes of Durango are on the Loose and Looking for Husbands! Look out, men! Sadie wants more than a husband; she seeks a career. Fannie kicks tail at the bar room card tables. Daisy dreams of marrying a wealthy and attractive partner. Carrie has resigned herself to simply finding a man who’ll love her. In their pursuit of love, they face a meddling mother, a set of evil twins, a real shotgun wedding, and an undercover Pinkerton agent on the run from a gang of criminals.

Download or read book Debutante written by Karal Ann Marling and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social debut and its offshoots--the high school prom, the sorority presentation, beauty pageants--continue to emphasize celebrity, class, and community. But why does this peculiar tradition persist? In "Debutante," Marling demystifies debdom and the "long-term American hankering after the trappings of royalty."

Download or read book All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue written by Sophie Jordan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First friends, then enemies . . . Lady Aurelia hasn't always hated Max, Viscount Camden, her brother's best friend. In fact, as a besotted girl, she thrived under his kind attention— sure that he was the most noble and handsome man in the land. Until her young heart discovered what manner of rogue he really was. Now, though she enjoys nothing more than getting on his last nerve, she can't deny Max drives her to distraction— even if she tries to pretend otherwise. Now something more . . . Max cannot recall a time when Aurelia did not vex him. If she was not his friend's sister, he would stay far away from the infuriating vixen. Unfortunately, they are always thrown together. At parties and family gatherings . . . she is always there. Mocking him, tossing punch in his face, driving him mad . . . until one night, she goes too far and he retaliates in the only way he can: with a kiss that changes everything.

Download or read book Deep Fried Revenge written by Lynn Cahoon and published by Lyrical Underground. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angie Turner is all prepped to face Boise’s culinary best when she enters her restaurant, The County Seat, into a big State Fair challenge. Instead, she gets dunked into a new murder investigation after a killer starts scrapping her competition . . . The Idaho State Fair is in full swing and chefs are lining up to enter Boise’s Best Restaurant contest, including Angie and her County Seat crew. They might be the hometown favorite, but the competition is steeper than a funhouse floor. And when a top contender is felled following a heated confrontation over a corn dog recipe, winning suddenly becomes a matter of life or death. With a foul foodie on the prowl, it’s up to Angie to dig into the case and put a murderer on ice. Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Tourist Trap Mysteries “Murder, dirty politics, pirate lore, and a hot police detective: Guidebook to Murder has it all! A cozy lover’s dream come true.” —Susan McBride, author of The Debutante Dropout Mysteries “Lynn Cahoon has created an absorbing, good fun mystery in Mission to Murder.” —Fresh Fiction