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Knaves' Wager

Author : Loretta Chase

Publisher : NYLA

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 33,27 MB

Release : 1991-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1617508543

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"Live the romance. Read Loretta Chase" -- Christina DoddThe traditional English Regency from New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase, is back...Lilith Davenant, has ample reason to detest Julian Wyndhurst, Marquess of Brandon: he's exactly the kind of man who hastened the demise of her profligate husband, and the debt he owed to Julian has forced her to an engagement with a wealthy suitor for the sake of supporting her beloved nieces and nephews. Besides that, Lord Julian somehow manages to ignite disturbing... feelings ... she's never felt before!Lord Julian used his considerable skills and cunning in the war against Napoleon. Now he's obliged to use the same talents to save his young cousin from a disastrous marriage to a scheming mistress — who makes him a wager: If Julian can seduce the famously icy Lady Lilith Davenant, the lady will release his cousin from the engagement.But very quickly, Julian discovers Lilith's hidden warmth, kindness and humor. Will he be able to prove his heart to her before she learns of his recklessly shameless wager?



Miss Wonderful

Author : Loretta Chase

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 42,28 MB

Release : 2004-03-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780425194836

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The first book in the Carsington Family series from award-winning romance author Loretta Chase! Alistair Carsington really, really wishes he didn’t love women quite so much. To escape his worst impulses, he sets out for a place far from civilization: Derbyshire—in winter!—where he hopes to kill two birds with one stone: avoid all temptation, and repay the friend who saved his life on the fields of Waterloo. But this noble aim drops him straight into opposition with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, a woman every bit as intelligent, obstinate, and devious as he—and maddeningly irresistible. Mirabel Oldridge already has her hands full keeping her brilliant and aggravatingly eccentric father out of trouble. The last thing she needs is a stunningly attractive, oversensitive and over-bright aristocrat reminding her she has a heart—not to mention a body he claims is so unstylishly clothed that undressing her is practically a civic duty. Could the situation be any worse? And why does something that seems so wrong feel so very wonderful?



THE WAGER

Author : Sally Cheney

Publisher : Harlequin

Page : 317 pages

File Size : 23,22 MB

Release : 2011-07-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1459275446

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Not To Be Trusted A rogue draped in a mantle of savagery and civilization was the only way to describe Peter Desmond, she'd decided. But Marianne Trenton shuddered to realize she was dangerously intrigued, indeed, beguiled, by the very man she'd sworn to destroy! A Prize Beyond Price Marianne Trenton was a jewel of young womanhood, shining with an innocence that radiated its own sweet allure. She'd appeared in Peter Desmond's life at the turn of a card, then turned his heart around…and he vowed to make her his own!









Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare, 1495-1616

Author : R. W. Dent

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Page : 808 pages

File Size : 41,18 MB

Release : 2023-11-10

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0520318110

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.



Georgina's Campaign

Author : Barbara Reeves

Publisher : Avon Books

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 44,14 MB

Release : 1993-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780380719686

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"An avowed spinster at seventeen, beautiful Georgina Upcott's well-planned campaign to find a husband for her painfully shy elder sibling goes scandalously awry when she enlists the aid of the notorious rakehell Hugh Redvers, Earl of Rotham. For while championing the sisters' cause, handsome Rotham inadvertently pledges his troth to a very eligible lady of his class. Not a catastrophe to be sure ... until the hapless Earl realizes he is smitten with Georgina-hopelessly enamored by her charm, sparkling wit and breathtaking beauty. And now it will take all of Georgina's resourcefulness to undo the tangled knots she herself has tied-though the cost may be her sworn independence and her fragile, resistant heart."--(p.4) of cover



The Knave of Secrets

Author : Alex Livingston

Publisher : Rebellion Publishing Ltd

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 18,96 MB

Release : 2022-06-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 178618608X

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Never stake more than you can afford to lose. When failed magician turned cardsharp Valen Quinol is given the chance to play in the Forbearance Game—the invitation-only tournament where players gamble with secrets—he can’t resist. Or refuse, for that matter, according to the petty gangster sponsoring his seat at the table. Valen beats the man he was sent to play, and wins the most valuable secret ever staked in the history of the tournament. Now Valen and his motley crew are being hunted by thieves, gangsters, spies and wizards, all with their own reasons for wanting what’s in that envelope. It’s a game of nations where Valen doesn’t know all the rules or who all the players are, and can’t see all the moves. But he does know if the secret falls into the wrong hands, it could plunge the whole world into war…