Mastering The Marquess (Bound and Determined #1)(123)
Or perhaps Geoffrey was learning to deal with chaos. She did not say it, but Louisa could see changes working their way into her husband. “And you will not force Bliss to marry?”
“I will at least give her some time to meet someone she wants. I find myself growing more partial to the idea of a love match.”
It was not quite the answer that Louisa had wished for, but she’d give her husband time to come around—or herself time to persuade him. She lay back down, for a moment, and then rolled within his arms until she faced him. “I do have one question of my own, Geoffrey. Will you show me how to use the pearls?”
By Lavinia Kent
Mastering the Marquess
Hint of Desire
Price of Desire
Taste of Desire
A Talent for Sin
Bound by Temptation
Taken by Desire
What a Duke Wants
The Real Duchesses of London
Kathryn, the Kitten
Linnette, the Lioness
Annabelle, the American
Elizabeth, the Enchantress
Georgianna: The Last Real Duchess
About the Author
LAVINIA KENT is a former two-term president of the Washington Romance Writers and a four-time Romance Writers of America Golden Heart nominee. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her family and an ever-changing menagerie of pets.
The Editor’s Corner
Did you know August is Romance Awareness Month? It give us the perfect excuse (as if we needed one!) to immerse ourselves in some wonderfully romantic stories. And we have just the perfect ones. So wind down the dog days of summer with these great Loveswept reads.
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Lastly, don’t miss the newest Flirt title, Cassie Mae’s The Real Thing, which features best friends whose feelings suddenly become more than platonic.
Don’t keep these to yourself! In honor of Romance Awareness Month, spread the word and let your friends partake in some of the romance!
~Happy Romance!
Gina Wachtel
Associate Publisher
Read on for a sneak peek of the next intoxicating erotic historical romance in Lavinia Kent’s Bound and Determined series
Bound by Bliss
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“There’s a lady to see you, Madame,” Mr. Simms, the porter, said after a brief tap on the parlor door.
“A lady?” Madame Rouge lifted her head from the sealed letter and stared at the door. “A lady?” she repeated.
“Yes, Madame, very definitely a lady,” Simms answered, his tone low and confidential.
The last lady to call upon Madame Rouge had led to adventure and matrimony—for the lady, not for Madame. She was not at all sure that she wished to have another such visit. Ladies did not come to call upon Madame Rouge very often and she rather thought she liked it that way. A brothel was not the place for ladies. It was true that sometimes ladies of particular needs made use of some of the more unusual upstairs rooms along with their desired partners, but they rarely called upon her first.
“Tell her that I am not receiving visitors.”
Simms paled a little, but retreated.
Madame Rouge bent her head back to the missive from Manchester. She really should open it. Her index finger traced the sealing wax and then dropped again to the table.
A tap. Simms reappeared. “She said to tell you that it is Lady Perse calling and she will not be turned away.”
It was Madame’s turn to pale. Hand shaking slightly, she focused on the cup of tea, which sat unfinished upon her desk. Picking up the rapidly cooling beverage, she took a large sip.
Why would a society matron be visiting her? Lady Perse, a woman known for matchmaking and an iron fist.
Madame took another gulp of the tea.
It had been strange enough when Louisa Brookingston—now Lady Swanston, the widow of one of her clients, had sought her out. Having Lady Perse visit was beyond any dream—or nightmare—she had ever imagined.
“Give me a moment and then send her in.” If half of what she’d heard was true, there was no way to get rid of the lady other than meeting with her. “And have a fresh pot of tea and another cup brought in—and cherry tarts.”