Avon
Featuring: Jemma and Elijah, the Duke and Duchess of Beaumon; Leopold, the Duke of Villier
384 pages ISBN: 0061626821 EAN: 9780061626821 Kindle: B001NLKUD2 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Nine years ago, Jemma, the Duchess of Beaumont, walked into
her husband Elijah's office and found him having relations
with his mistress. Brokenhearted, Jemma gathered her
tattered pride and left him, transforming herself into the
toast of Paris. After nine years, Elijah has requested that
Jemma return for a possible reconciliation. Jemma wants
tenderness and love; instead, Elijah remains devoted to his
work in the government. She is merely an ornament and
breeder in his eyes. Jemma, older and wiser now, does not
give up. She tackles the feat of changing Elijah's heart
and mind.
Elijah, the Duke of Beaumont, knows time is his enemy. His
father died of heart failure at 34. This past year, Elijah
has experienced fainting spells and an irregular heartbeat,
which are becoming more frequent. In the short time he has
left, Elijah wants to have an impact on improving the
inhumane conditions in England. He calls Jemma home in
order to secure his heir. But his gift for influential
speaking fails him around Jemma. It's imperative that Jemma
understand him and the harsh realities of life.
The saint and the sinner rebuild a friendship, partnership
and love as they explore their separate and entwined lives.
Their friend and sometimes enemy, the Duke of Villiers,
plays a major part in their past, present and future
setting up the premise for the last book in this series.
Jemma and Elijah's long-anticipated romance has arrived.
Their reconciliation takes place within 11 eventful days
that challenge and build hope, yet has an ominous threat
hovering over Elijah. Ms. James' expertise in Georgian
dress, morés and current events expands to incorporate
medical experiments and treatment in the Georgian era.
Wedding bells celebrating the arranged marriage between
the lovely Duchess of Beaumont and her staid,
imperturbable duke had scarcely fallen silent when a
shocking discovery sent Jemma running from the ducal
mansion. For the next nine years she cavorted abroad,
creating one delicious scandal after another (if one is to
believe the rumors).
Elijah, Duke of Beaumont, did believe those rumors.
But the handsome duke needs an heir, so he summons his
seductive wife home. Jemma laughs at Elijah’s cool eyes
and icy heart—but to her secret shock, she doesn’t share
his feelings. In fact, she wants the impossible: her
husband’s heart at her feet.
But what manner of seduction will make a man fall
desperately in love…with his own wife?
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