The Lady Hellion (25 page)

 

 

 

How to seduce an estranged husband—and banish debt!—in four wickedly improper, shockingly pleasurable steps . . .

For Julia, the Duchess of Colton, such a ruse promises to be foolproof. After all, her husband has not bothered to lay eyes on her in eight years, since their hasty wedding day when she was only sixteen. But what begins as a tempestuous flirtation escalates into full-blown passion—and the feeling is mutual. Could the man the Courtesan Duchess married actually turn out to be the love of her life?

 

“The powerful passion in this riveting tale of
betrayal and forgiveness will knock your socks off!”

—S
ABRINA
J
EFFRIES

Lady Maggie Hawkins’s debut was something
she’d rather forget—along with her first marriage.
Today, the political cartoonist is a new woman.
A thoroughly
modern
woman.
So much so that her clamoring public
believes she’s a man . . .

 

FACT:
Drawing under a male pseudonym, Maggie is known as Lemarc. Her (his!) favorite object of ridicule: Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester. He’s a rising star in Parliament—and a former confidant and love interest of Maggie’s who believed a rumor that vexes her to this day.

 

FICTION:
Maggie is the Half-Irish Harlot who seduced her best friend’s husband on the eve of their wedding. She is to be feared and loathed as she will lift her skirts for anything in breeches.

 

Still crushed by Simon’s betrayal, Maggie has no intention of letting the
ton
crush her as well. In fact, Lemarc’s cartoons have made Simon a laughingstock . . . but now it appears that Maggie may have been wrong about what happened years ago, and that Simon has been secretly yearning for her since . . . forever. Could it be that the heart is mightier than the pen
and
the sword after all?

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