Claire Delacroix

The Bluestocking's Bargain (The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction, #5) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Patience Carruthers is a bluestocking with no interest in the fleeting uncertainty of love. Her passion is for books, knowledge, and the improvement of the world. When she learns of Mrs. Oliver's work, instructing ladies in intimate matters to better their marriages, she is resolved to see that volume published for the public goodand will even accept an agreement to wed a notorious rake to accomplish her goal.

Thanks to his uncle's reckless wager, Arthur Beckham has immediate need of a wife. Insisting he has an understanding with Miss Carruthers, a lady of good sense and practicality, may provide an escape from his predicamentassuming the lady in question can be persuaded to agree. He proposes a marriage of convenience to Miss Carruthers, vowing he will do whatever she desires in exchange for one soneven ensure the publication of such an uncommon volume.

Arthur is intrigued by this lady and her ability to surprise him. Her commitment to honesty tempts him to abandon the disguise that has defined his life for decadesthough Arthur fears that admitting his deception might turn Patience against him forever. Can the book help him to capture the heart of his pragmatic bride before his secret is revealed?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Deborah A. Cooke
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781990879616
• Artikelnr.: 72378868

Autorenporträt

Bestselling and award-winning author Claire Delacroix has published over seventy novels and novellas. Her first book, Romance of the Rose was published in 1993. She is USA Today and nationally bestselling, and her medieval romance, The Beauty, was her first book to land on the New York Times List of Bestselling Books. Claire Delacroix is a pseudonym used by Deborah Cooke for her historical and fantasy romances. Deborah also publishes contemporary and paranormal romances as Deborah Cooke and has written as Claire Cross.Deborah was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library in 2009, the first time TPL hosted a residency focused on the romance genre, and she was honored to receive the Romance Writers of America PRO Mentor of the Year Award in 2012. She's also on the RWA Honor Roll. She lives in Canada with her family and is an avid knitter.Visit her website at http://Delacroix.net