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    (Mass Market Paperback)

    • Pub. Date: September 2008
    • 320pp
    • Sales Rank: 94,951

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      • Pub. Date: September 2008
      • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
      • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 320pp
      • Sales Rank: 94,951

      Synopsis

      Fabulous historical romance from "a major new talent" (Anna Campbell).

      When Lady Kate Fairchild threatens to publish a tell-all political diary if her brother isn't released from jail, she meets a formidable adversary in Max, the Duke of Lyle. Max believes Kate's brother knows the whereabouts of the rebels who burned his family home. Stealing Kate's diary, he spirits her off to a country estate, ransoming her for her brother's cooperation. But the wrong diary has ended up in Max's hands—a sizzling account of Kate's affair with a fantasy lover. And when Max discovers Kate's sensual desires, he can't resist exploiting them in every way...

      Publishers Weekly

      Wells (Scandal's Daughter) sets bedrooms ablaze with more than candles in this sex-drenched tale set in 1817 London. Maxwell Brooke, a dangerous operative for the Home Office, has unexpectedly become a duke, thanks to an arson that killed the four heirs ahead of him. Determined to bring the suspected perpetrators to justice, he has jailed Reverend Stephen Holt, who may know their whereabouts. Outraged, Holt's sister, widowed Lady Kate Fairchild, threatens to publish a diary that could embarrass high figures in government unless her brother is freed. Although the scandals are real, she hasn't actually written the book yet, and the handwritten volume Max steals from her home contains only Kate's sexual fantasies. He kidnaps her (on the thinnest of pretexts) and begins to make her dreams come true, despite her blushes and his moral compunctions. The predictable mix of romance and intrigue nonetheless has sparks of genuine passion that will keep readers turning the pages. (Sept.)

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      Intriguing and Romanticby NightRaven13

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      July 09, 2009: Christine Wells is an expert in bringing her characters to life. Perhaps Kate doesn't have the most likeable and redeeming qualities but that gives many hope for the possibility of love and romance and isn't that what life is all about? At least that is what romance novels are about, hopes, dreams and possibilities. Maxwell Brooke is full of intrigue and a very fragmented individual except for his focus on the outcome of love for Kate. Though there are many complications, Christine has led the reader on a rollercoaster ride which keeps the fascination with the story till the end. I'm looking forward to reading her next book.

      I Also Recommend: Wicked Little Game, Dead Silence, Dead Right, Watch Me (Last Stand Trilogy Series #3).

      A colorful story, written well, but not quite in the same class as "Scandal's Daughter."by srbSH

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      April 13, 2009: A fire has destroyed Lyle castle along with all of the heirs - adults and children - present there for the reading of the will of the late duke. By default Maxwell Brooke, a very distant possibility to inherit become the Duke of Lyle. Horrified by all those lost lives and guilty at his rise in station as a result, Max is determined to root out the culprits. His skills as a clean-up man in the British Home Office are especially suited to do so. To this end, he winds up kidnapping the aloof and feisty widow, Lady Kate Fairchild in order to put pressure on her cleric brother to reveal the names of the arsonists. Love lurks between Max and Kate, and there's also a villain lurking behind the scenes. Secondary characters Louisa, Max's sister and the dangerous Marcus Jardine might show up in a future book.

      Wells is a fresh new author to the field!


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