Fallen Angels #2
Avon
February 2013
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Featuring: Lady Philippa Marbury
384 pages ISBN: 0062068539 EAN: 9780062068538 Kindle: B007HBH34Q Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Lady Philippa Marbury is odd. The bespectacled, brilliant, bluestockinged fifth daughter of the Marquess of Needham and Dolby cares more for books than balls, for flora than fashion and for science than the season. Pippa is nearly engaged to Lord Castleton, a man with a large estate and little sense, and interestingly, she doesnβt mind the idea. She can live in the country with her dogs and her experiments, and never see another London season again.
But before she heads off for the country, Pippa wants to explore the part of London that sheβs never seen--the dark corners, the exciting trysts, the scandalous adventures. Just a taste...and then to the country to live out her days. And she knows just who to ask--the tall, charming, quick-witted bookkeeper of The Fallen Angel, Londonβs most notorious and coveted gaming hell, known only as Cross.
Ask any woman with access to Londonβs dark corners, and theyβll tell you that Cross is the best sort of lover-- equal parts charm and wickedness. Theyβll tell you that their cousinβs-friendβs-sister had one magnificent night in his arms, and that he sent her away with a string of jewels and a smile. And theyβll tell you that, as part-owner in The Fallen Angel, Cross knows all about darkness and isnβt afraid to take women there.
Like any good scientist, Pippaβs done her research and Crossβs reputation makes him perfect for her scheme. She wants science without emotion--the experience of ruination without the repercussions of ruination. And who better to provide her with the experience than this legendary man?
What Pippa doesnβt know is that while Crossβs reputation may be legendary, itβs unfounded. He hasnβt touched a woman in nine years--a fact that makes him no stranger to temptation. But when this odd, unexpected female propositions him, itβs more than tempting...and it will take everything he has to resist following his instincts, and giving the lady precisely what she wants.
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