Passions of a Wicked Earl (33 page)
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Authors: Lorraine Heath
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was a bit more somber. But he’d known Claire would take the matter in hand to return the gaiety. “Beth, as you’re so anxious to receive gifts, why don’t you hand out yours first?”
“I shall be delighted.” She got up from the bench and fairly skipped over to the tree.
Claire snuggled against Westcliffe. “I do love you.”
And as he’d said in his toast, that was the greatest gift of all.
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They are masters of seduction, London’s greatest lovers. Living for pleasure, they will give their hearts to no one … until love takes them by surprise.
You don’t have to wait long to read Stephen’s story …
PLEASURES OF A NOTORIOUS GENTLEMAN,
the second book in the London’s Greatest Lovers series will hit stores in December 2010!
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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