Alexandra

Alexandra
is the SWEET YOUNG ADULT edition of
Lost in Temptation
by Lauren Royal

1st Edition, June 2015

Novelty Press

• Title Page
  
• Book Description
  
• More Chase Family Books
  
• A Message from Devon...
  
• Cover Image
  
• Dedication
  
• Prologue: It was almost like touching him.
  
• 1: "Not all of it!" Alexandra Chase made a mad grab...
  
• 2: For the first time in more than three years, Tristan rode over Cainewood Castle's...
  
• 3: "You look lovely, Alexandra."
  
• 4: Alexandra sat at her gold-and-white Chippendale dressing table...
  
• 5: The evening began pleasantly enough.
  
• 6: Alexandra was shocked at her sister's bold suggestion...
  
• 7: "I see," Alexandra said and immediately turned to leave.
  
• 8: "Murder?" Alexandra's elbows gave out...
  
• 9: "Six weeks." Pacing the music room...
  
• 10: Breakfast the next morning was uncomfortable.
  
• 11: "Lady St. Quentin," Alexandra said that afternoon...
  
• 12: Two days later, Griffin woke on the wrong side of the bed.
  
• 13: "What's going on here?" Griffin asked a few days later...
  
• 14: "That was delicious." In the shade of a large elm...
  
• 15: The next month passed in a whirl of preparations for the ball.
  
• 16: "Did you bring the new pump?"
  
• 17: Tristan's assessment of the drainage problem...
  
• 18: Rachael was more businesslike than he remembered...
  
• 19: "Rachael!" Alexandra and her sisters rushed across the drawing room...
  
• 20: The gray day had finally delivered on its promise, and rain pattered...
  
• 21: Boniface's pretty face was even prettier with red cheeks.
  
• 22: With only a day and a half left before the ball...
  
• 23: "There's our thief!" Alexandra proclaimed loudly...
  
• 24: In contrast to Tristan's mood, the atmosphere in the drawing room...
  
• 25: For pity's sake, he'd kissed her...
  
• 26: There were no wallflowers at Cainewood Castle's ball.
  
• 27: When the elegant supper was all but finished...
  
• 28: "What do you think of my son?"
  
• 29: Before any servants could arrive to help, Alexandra...
  
• 30: Alexandra was having the most extraordinary, most incredible...
  
• 31: Alexandra snatched the counterpane up to her chin...
  
• 32: There was an empty space at the breakfast table.
  
• 33: Alexandra felt queasy as she watched...
  
• 34: The sun was sinking in the sky by the time Tristan returned...
  
• 35: "What are you doing up so late?...
  
• 36: Tristan could scarcely believe he was married.
  
• 37: "We're almost home," Alexandra heard softly in her ear.
  
• 38: Light supper at Hawkridge turned out to be a three-course meal.
  
• 39: Alexandra woke first and watched Tris sleep...
  
• 40: An hour later, Alexandra and a large platter of gingerbread cakes...
  
• 41: It had started raining around sunset and hadn't let up since.
  
• 42: Tristan woke in his study.
  
• 43: It took a lot of sugar cakes to feed a village.
  
• 44: Tristan arrived home that evening eager to see Alexandra.
  
• 45: "What in heaven's name is that noise?" Alexandra asked...
  
• 46: There were times in a woman's married life when she wished she could confer with her sisters.
  
• 47: Delicate notes from the harpsichord greeted Tristan...
  
• 48: The nightgown was only the first of the garments in the box.
  
• 49: Alexandra lay in her marriage bed, stunned.
  
• 50: "Good morning, my lady." Peggy bustled into the bedroom...
  
• 51: The quiet ride with Ernest had done little to calm Alexandra's nerves.
  
• 52: Clucking her tongue, Peggy placed a glass of water by Alexandra's bedside.
  
• 53: All that long afternoon and evening, Alexandra had a lot of time to think.
  
• 54: The next day, Alexandra was not good as new.
  
• 55: "I'm so pleased to see you're feeling more the thing today," Peggy said...
  
• 56: "Peggy thinks Maude is dead," Alexandra told Tristan...
  
• 57: When Maude's door closed behind them, Alexandra and Tris...
  
• 58: Alexandra was still snug in bed when she heard...
  
• Epilogue: Two weeks later, on the peaceful rise overlooking Griffin's vineyard...
  
• Thank You!
  
• Bonus Material
  
• Author's Note
  
• Books by Lauren & Devon Royal
  
• Regency Chase Family Tree
  
• Contest
  
• Excerpt from JULIANA
  
• About the Authors
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Contact Information
  
• Copyright Page
  

England, 1815

Alexandra Chase has always
liked
being the perfect daughter, thank you very much. Why would she bother chafing against society’s restrictions when instead she could be basking in the warm glow of its approval? But when her brother’s best friend—and secret obsession—returns from a long spell abroad, she begins losing interest in the suitable young lord she’s expected to marry. Suddenly, family duty and a flawless reputation seem less important than the chance, however slight, that her girlhood crush might notice her now that she’s all grown up…

Tristan Nesbitt has done some growing up himself over the last few years, what with moving across oceans, inheriting a title, and facing a devastating scandal. But through it all, he’s never forgotten the Chases, the closest thing he had to a family back in his school days. When his old friend Griffin Chase requests a favor, he’s happy to oblige, as long as he can maintain enough distance from the family that his infamous past won’t tarnish their good name. Unfortunately,
one
Chase seems intent on getting much closer to him than she should…

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