Lily St. Claire was adopted off the vile streets of London
by the theatrical St. Clair family, saved from grinding
poverty and from a man who would stop at nothing to further
his criminal network. Years later she has grown into the
quiet, sensible sister of the family, fully loved but
always
a bit separate from the other more creative and flamboyant
members.
All St Claires learn to despise the Huntington family for
wrongs done to an ancestress. Even though Lily feels a bit
of an outsider in her adoptive family, she loves and honors
them enough to attempt to cut short the seedling of a
relationship to Lord Aiden Huntington even though she finds
him to be the most attractive man she has ever
encountered and it is obvious that he returns her regard.
During a passionate encounter, it becomes clear the skills
learned from her mother (an accomplished flagellator) who
worked in a 'French' brothel for those with outré tastes
mesh with the needs of this beautiful man.
Lord Aiden feels like a changeling. His soul does not fit
with the life he was born into. A secret passion for
writing
plays is not what is expected of the second son of a duke.
At first his obsession with the quiet yet beautiful and
mysterious Lily St. Claire seems a capital way to distract
himself but as he grows to know her and to uncover her
secrets it becomes clear he must have her as part of his
life.
Laurel McKee has written a slightly kinky take on
historical
romance. A meaty plot is enhanced by the use of characters
beyond the ton and incorporates elements true to the time
period. ONE NAUGHTY NIGHT is book one in the Scandalous
St. Claires series. Book two, Two Sinful Secrets will
be published December, 2012.
A hundred years has passed since the bitter rivalry between the St. Claires and the Huntingtons began. But in London, the feud goes on . . . UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT, NOTHING IS FORBIDDEN Lily St. Claire will do anything for the family that saved her from the streets. With their support, the young widow has become the hostess of The Devil's Fancy, London's most exclusive gaming den. She's determined to restore the St. Claire family fortune, lost a century before to the despised Huntington clan. But a ghost from her past may be her ultimate undoing . . . Lord Aidan Huntington is handsome and wealthy, with a taste for adventure and a reputation for wickedness. A gambler and a rake, Aidan can't resist a seductive woman with secrets - but one naughty night with Lily leaves him wanting more. As Lily is drawn into London's dark underworld by an old enemy, Aidan will risk everything to save the woman who has awakened his deepest desires.
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