Three young girls left at the Penwich School for Virtuous
Girls formed a bond that enabled them to survive the abuse
at the orphanage. Fallon O'Rourke found herself deposited
there by her late father's aristocratic employer. It made
no difference that her father died on a foolish errand for
him. She was an unwanted inconvenience. Now, Fallon works
as a maid and discovers the "blue bloods" cannot keep their
hands off the glorious red-headed Amazon. After losing her
last job, Fallon transforms herself into a groom. It will
mean more money and no battling of grabby hands. That's the
good news. The bad news is she lands a position in the
Decadent Duke's household.
Dominic Hale, the Duke of Damon, endured an abusive
childhood where his grandfather tried to rid him of his
father's sinful ways. The beatings and terror he suffered
only enforced his rebellion into becoming a sinful and
wicked man. Dominic notices that women and alcohol increase
the numbness and emptiness in his life until an unusual
groom enters his employment. A lowly servant pricks his
conscience with a mere searing glance at his sinful
behavior.
When Dominic exposes Fallon's charade, repressed feelings
abound. Fallon's hate of aristocrats collides with
Dominic's revulsion of emotional commitment and monogamy.
The insanity of the chemistry between them cannot grow
until they each reconcile their past.
Ms. Jordan's newest romance packs an emotional punch as the
finely honed characters grapple with histories of abuse.
Fallon and Dominic's stubbornness interferes with their
healing and only their acceptances of the past can give way
to forgiveness. The first in a new series is an intense and
dark romance that will touch readers' hearts.
One would think the last
place a beauty like Fallon O'Rourke could keep her virtue
was in the Mayfair mansion of London's most licentious
duke, the notorious Dominic Hale. Yet Fallon—who's endured
nothing but lecherous advances since her father's tragic
death—is perfectly safe there . . . disguised as a
footman! Beneath the notice of the dark-haired devil with
his smoldering blue eyes and sinful smile, Fallon never
imagines her secret will be discovered. But how long can
her deception last when she begins to wish she is one of
the many women traipsing in and out of the sinful rogue's
bedchamber?
He lives to sin . . .
Most
men envy the duke, never suspecting his pleasure-loving
ways are a desperate attempt to escape, however briefly,
the pain of a past that's left him with a heart of stone.
Only one woman can break down his defenses. Only one woman
can win his love . . . if she reveals her secret and
succumbs to the sins of the wicked duke.
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