Perfect Desire by Leslie LaFoy

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  • Pub. Date: January 2005
  • 352pp
  • Sales Rank: 578,431

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    • Pub. Date: January 2005
    • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
    • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 352pp
    • Sales Rank: 578,431

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    Irresistible Intrigue
    It takes all of Isabella Dandaneau's courage to walk into Barrett Stanbridge's office. After all, Barrett is one of London's most dashing bachelors, a notorious womanizer whose skill with the opposite sex is legendary. He also happens to be accused of murdering Isabella's cousin, Mignon. Isabella knows that Barrett is innocent. And she's willing to prove it-for a price...

    Forbidden Fascination
    Barrett is suspicious when Isabella offers to help him clear his name, and with good reason. Isabella claims that her cousin hid a priceless treasure map somewhere in his home, and she wants Barrett to help her find it. Barrett reluctantly agrees, but as the pair joins forces, he has a hard time keeping his mind on the map-and off the impossibly delectable Isabella...

    Decadent Desire
    As tender temptation ignites into an irresistible desire, Barrett is ready to renounce his roguish ways for good. But danger is lurking at every turn, and Isabella's life hangs in the balance. Will the love of a reformed rake be enough to save her?

    "The lures of Lafoy's writing are not just great characters, fantastic storytelling, and heightened sexual tension, but also the subtle ways she plays on your emotions so that you are completely invested in the book. No reader...can ignore the deep and intense emotions that emanate from the pages of this masterful romance." --Romantic Times (4-1/2 stars, Top Pick)

    "Leslie LaFoy delivers wonderful, witty characters, and breathless romance."-Celeste Bradley, author of The Charmer

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    Biography

    Leslie Lafoy grew up loving to read and living to write. (This was a significant factor in her becoming the unofficial poster child of over-education. In the Liberal Arts no less.) After teaching high school history for many years, she focused her creative energies on her life-long dream of writing full time. When not made completely oblivious to reality by her current work in progress, she dabbles in every handicraft known to womankind and, twice a week and ever other weekend, dons her cape to be Hockey Team Mom. You can visit her at www.leslielafoy.com

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    A delightful Victorian romanceby harstan

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    December 14, 2004: Perfect Desire Leslie LaFoy St. Martin?s, Jan 2005, $6.99, 346 pp. ISBN: 031298765X In London, though frightened, Acadian Louisiana resident Isabella Dandoneau visits Lord Barrett Stanbridge to offer him a deal he cannot refuse. Barrett stands accused of killing Isabella?s cousin Mignon Richard, who he had a brief but intimate relationship with until she was murdered; Isabella believes he is innocent and will help prove him so if he assists her in exploring his home where she believes a map to pirate treasure is buried. Isabella further explains that her grandmamma had an affair with Jean Lafitte and that the map would lead to millions......................... Though he feels he does not need her assistance, Barrett is intrigued by his visitor who looks very similar in appearance to Mignon, but seems much nicer; he agrees to her deal. As they work together to uncover the map and to find evidence of who really killed Mignon, Isabella becomes a target; however, Barrett will not allow anyone to harm the ?Yank? that he loves......................... This Victorian romantic mystery is a perfect novel that will elate fans of historical tales who will seek out Leslie LaFoy?s previous two stories from this fine trilogy (see PERFECT SEDUCTION and PERFECT TEMPTATION). The story line grips the audience from the moment that Isabella courageously tenders her transaction until the final altercation. Besides insight into the era, historiographic tidbits from the vantage point of post American Civil War looking back at the Battle of New Orleans (during the War of 1812) impart depth to a fine suspenseful who-done-it romance...................... Harriet Klausner