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Rake Thomas Boulton no sooner decides to abstain from pleasures of the flesh than he meets the most arousing woman he’s ever encountered.
Seeking refuge in Lord Ridgeway’s library, he expects a quiet evening with a dry volume of history. Instead, he discovers a fascinating visitor boldly nursing a tumbler of Irish whiskey and perusing Darwin.
The unrepentant rogue stakes his pride on cool detachment—until a flash of her sharp wit shatters his resolve. A wealthy American industrialist who answers to no man, she has no use for matrimonial traps or polite London pieties.
Widow Olivia Trent is clever, confident…and determined to beat him at the game of seduction. She challenges him to play sensual games until one of them pleads to be bedded.
Each tantalizing encounter promises sweet victory, yet every brush of skin tests their legendary self-control. Thomas is sure he will soon have Olivia at his mercy—or will he be the one forced to beg?
Seeking refuge in Lord Ridgeway’s library, he expects a quiet evening with a dry volume of history. Instead, he discovers a fascinating visitor boldly nursing a tumbler of Irish whiskey and perusing Darwin.
The unrepentant rogue stakes his pride on cool detachment—until a flash of her sharp wit shatters his resolve. A wealthy American industrialist who answers to no man, she has no use for matrimonial traps or polite London pieties.
Widow Olivia Trent is clever, confident…and determined to beat him at the game of seduction. She challenges him to play sensual games until one of them pleads to be bedded.
Each tantalizing encounter promises sweet victory, yet every brush of skin tests their legendary self-control. Thomas is sure he will soon have Olivia at his mercy—or will he be the one forced to beg?
- Historical Romance: The stakes rise when the sensual contest demands a daring forfeit: the loser must surrender completely to the winner’s darkest, most wicked fantasy.
- Spicy Romance: A secluded drive in a lightweight phaeton leads to a quiet country bluff, where stolen kisses and illicit caresses test their mutual discipline.
- Victorian Romance: Running Roberts’ Ironworks taught Olivia how to master ruthless competitors, but humbling London’s proudest rake requires an entirely different kind of command.
- Battle of Wills: From whispered provocations to daring hands slipped beneath silk petticoats, neither lover is willing to cry mercy first.
- Also by This Author: Always a Princess, Heat Rises and Mating Season.
Rake Thomas Boulton no sooner decides to abstain from pleasures of the flesh than he meets the most arousing woman he’s ever encountered.
Seeking refuge in Lord Ridgeway’s library, he expects a quiet evening with a dry volume of history. Instead, he discovers a fascinating visitor boldly nursing...
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Laci Rasmussen
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February 3, 2014
I only gave this 4 stars cause the idea of begging was only a short story in this. Then the book just ends. Still a good read but not quite reaching expectations.
Madelyn Novitski
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January 30, 2013
Wonderfully erotic Ms. Gained at her best
A Google user
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August 3, 2012
Loved it!!!"
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