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By Georgie Lee
An independent heiress and stubborn Viscount bet their hearts and their futures on a wager.
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Blurb
Charlotte Stuart is an heiress dedicated to charitable causes who's been betrayed by the false love of a fortune hunter before. Ridiculed by Paris society for her mistake, she vows never to fall victim to the weakness of love again. Driven back to England by the collapse of the Peace of Amiens, she enters London society and meets Lord Edward Woodcliff, a handsome Viscount in straightened circumstances. Falling for Edward means risking being humiliated again.
Edward has come to
London to find a wife. Made leery of marriage by his father’s disastrous second
marriage, Edward feigns poverty in order to find a woman who loves him and not
his wealth. He loses his heart to the independent and spirited Charlotte, but
her fear of being betrayed, and his hesitation to make a matrimonial mistake,
prove difficult to overcome.
Excerpt from Lady's Wager by Georgie Lee
London, 1803
“Have the portraits been hung and the extra seating
arranged?” Charlotte Stuart called to her aunt as she bounded into the drawing room.
With her terrier Minnie tucked under one arm, Charlotte inspected the newly
rearranged furniture and art. Everything had to be perfect, each piece
displayed to its best advantage, for the improvements to St. Dunstan’s
Charitable Hospital depended on tonight’s success. The large, rectangular room,
normally an eclectic blend of Queen Anne and neoclassic, had been carefully
rearranged to resemble a salon. Charlotte’s collection of paintings from abroad
hung two high on the red walls, while a selection of her Grecian urns and
Italian marble statues graced the small tables scattered about the room.
Charlotte placed Minnie on the floor and the small dog
dashed over to greet Aunt Mary, who perched on the edge of the settee.
“Charlotte, I don’t know if I approve of this,” Aunt Mary
replied in a high voice as she absentmindedly patted Minnie’s head. “What will
your uncle say?”
“Uncle Charles will say very little, as usual.” Charlotte
hoped this would put a quick end to her aunt’s concerns, but the thin, tight line
of Aunt Mary’s lips told her otherwise.
“Had I known you intended to entertain apothecaries, I
never would’ve sent the invitations. You tricked me.”
“I did no such thing.” She struggled not to roll her eyes
as a long morning of calming her aunt’s frayed nerves stretched out before her.
“You did. You said you wished to host a small soirée. I
was so happy to see you finally showing an interest in proper society, but this
is not what I had in mind.” She shook her handkerchief at the mahogany table in
the center of the room which supported a fine collection of evaporator glasses,
vials and burners.
“Don’t fret Aunt Mary, it’s all very proper,” Charlotte
tossed over her shoulder as she moved a delicate Grecian urn to a sturdier
table in the corner.
One lucky person will win an ebook copy of The Courtesan'd Book of Secrets.
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Uncovered:
a list of noblemen's names—each one guilty of treason.
To
save his family legacy, Rafe Densmore must seize a courtesan's infamous
register. No one can ever know how his father betrayed his country! One person
stands in Rafe's way—the beautiful Cornelia, Comtesse de Vane.
In
the card rooms of Paris, Rafe and Cornelia made an unbeatable…intimate team.
Until, convinced of Rafe's desertion, desperate Cornelia married an elderly
comte. Now, returning to London an impoverished widow, she'll do anything to
possess the register. Even
if that means becoming Rafe's partner once again….
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