The Devil's Waltz
When you dance with the devil, you hold hands with temptation . . . Christian Montcalm was a practical man, if a destitute scoundrel, but his plan to bed and wed the delectable Miss Hetty Chipple would take care of that sticky wicket. However, there was a most intriguing obstacle to his success....
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When you dance with the devil, you hold hands with temptation . . . Christian Montcalm was a practical man, if a destitute scoundrel, but his plan to bed and wed the delectable Miss Hetty Chipple would take care of that sticky wicket. However, there was a most intriguing obstacle to his success. Annelise Kempton desired nothing more than to come between this despicable rogue and the fortune (and virtue) of her young charge. Certainly, Annelise understood the desperation that comes from hard times, but Montcalm would fail -- she would personally see to it. All that stood in her way was a man whose rakish charm could tempt a saint to sin, or consign a confirmed spinster to sleepless nights of longing . . . to give the devil his due.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780778322733 (0778322734)
ASIN: 778322734
Publish date: February 1st 2006
Publisher: Mira
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
One of my favourite things in romance novels is when the hero has some kind of special nickname for the heroine. Not some sappy thing like "bees knees", but something witty. Some inside joke between the two of them, something sexy that he would say to her in a particular tone of voice reserved jus...
Enjoyed this one a lot. The story takes place 20 years after the French Revolution and the murder of the hero's family who were living in France. Christian, the hero, is a very handsome, emotionally scarred and impoverished nobleman who needs to obtain a large amount of money to get his mother's lon...
Annelise Kempton is 29, on the shelf and happy to remain that way. Though high born, she's pretty much destitute and accepts a post at the Chipple residence where she will guide young Hetty Chipple, an extraordinary beauty who is clueless when it comes to matters of respectability, so that she will ...