Once a Rake (Drake's Rakes) (44 page)

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Barely a Lady
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Table of Contents

Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Epilogue
A Preview of
Twice Tempted
The Dish
Also by Eileen Dreyer
Praise for the Drake’s Rakes series
Newsletters
Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2013 by Eileen Dreyer

Excerpt from
Twice Tempted
© 2013 by Eileen Dreyer
Cover design by Claire Brown

Illustration by Greg Gilbronson
Cover copyright © 2013 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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ISBN: 978-14555-1933-0

Table of Contents

Title Page

Welcome

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Epilogue

A Preview of “Twice Tempted”

The Dish

Also by Eileen Dreyer

Praise for the Drake's Rakes series

Newsletters

Table of Contents

Copyright