Romance readers are going to be thrilled to see that Julie Anne Long is back to her historical roots … her lords and ladies are some of the best there are!
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Lady Derring Takes a Lover
The Palace of Rogues
by Julie Anne Long
ISBN 9780062867469
Avon Books; $7.99
Blurb:
A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building.
Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, โDear Dull Derring,โ is a lot more interestingโand perfidiousโdead than alive. Itโs a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vowsย neverย again to place herself at the mercy of a man.
But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known as the Rogueโs Palace, seducing the beautiful, blue-blooded proprietress to get his man seems like a small sacrifice.
They both believe love is a myth. But a desire beyond reason threatens to destroy the armor around their hearts. Now a shattering decision looms: Will Tristan betray his own code of honorโฆor choose a love that might be the truest thing heโs ever known?
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Excerpt:
Sheโd taken two steps when he said, his voice raised only a little, โLady Derring . . . somethingย puzzles me.โ
She halted.
Closed her eyes.
Took a shuddering breath for courage.
Turned back to him. From the relatively safe distance of three feet, she said, โSurely not. Weโve established you know everything.โ
His smile was small and patient. โYou seem to excel at so very much here at The Grand Palace on the Thames. Yet you canโt seem to disguise how much you want me.โ
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Author Info:
USA Todayย bestselling authorย Julie Anne Longย originally set out to be a rock star when she grew up (and she has the guitars and fringed clothing stuffed in the back of her closet to prove it), but writing was always her first love. Since hanging up her guitar for the computer keyboard, her books frequently top reader and critic polls and have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Rita, Romantic Times Reviewerโs Choice, and The Quills, and reviewers have been known to use words like โdazzling,โ โbrilliant,โ and โimpossible to put downโ when describing them. Julie lives in Northern California.
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