Years ago, Lady Catherine Mabry spied the devil across the
ballroom where he caught her imagination. Now Catherine
sneaks into his home away from prying eyes to ask him a
favor. Catherine needs him to kill a man. Her best friend,
Winnie has undergone a transformation from vivacious young
woman to a quivering scared woman. Her lofty husband beats
her unmercifully. No court in the land will interfere and
Catherine has no allies. Her father withers away from a
stroke that leaves him paralyzed and without speech.
Catherine's estranged brother roams the continent with no
interest in returning home. Only the devil can help her.
Lucian Langdon, the Earl of Claybourne, sordid past
ostracizes him from society. Society does not view him as
the real heir to the title. Lucian was one of the many
street children trained by a mentor for thieving. After
murdering a man, Lucian grandfather found him at Newgate
ready to go to the gallows. His grandfather took one look
at his silver eyes and declared him the lost child of his
murdered son. Rescued from the gallows, Lucian received the
old man's love and accepted the title. Society never
accepts him. When Catherine approaches him with her offer,
he counters. If she will help the woman he loves with the
social graces she lacks he will kill for her.
Catherine has second thoughts after discovering the
Lucian's true nature. He could lose the rest of his
tortured soul if he kills again. Can she let that happen to
Lucian in order to save her friend? Which one does she
sacrifice?
Ms. Heath takes inspiration from Dicken's OLIVER TWIST in
her latest engaging tale. Her group of grown street thieves
taught by Feagan and reformed by Lucian's grandfather will
provide many fascinating future stories.
They call him the Devil Earl — a scoundrel and accused
murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. A proper
young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting
with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady
Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. To protect those
she loves, she would do anything — even strike a bargain
with the devil himself.
Lucian desires
respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of
his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the
aristocracy. Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he
wants. But what she asks for in exchange will put their
very lives in jeopardy. When danger closes in, Catherine
discovers a man of immense passion and he discovers a woman
of immeasurable courage. As secrets from his dark past are
revealed, Lucian begins to question everything he knows to
be true, including the yearnings of his own heart.
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