A Good Rogue is Hard to Find
The Lords of Worth # 2
By: Kelly Bowen
Released April 28th, 2015
Forever
Blurb
HE
THOUGHT HE'D SEEN IT ALL . . .
The
rogue's life has been good to William Somerhall: He has his fortune, his
racehorses, and his freedom. Then he moves in with his mother. It seems the
eccentric Dowager Duchess of Worth has been barely skirting social
disaster-assisted by one Miss Jenna Hughes, who is far too bright and beautiful
to be wasting her youth as a paid companion. Now home to keep his mother from
ruin, William intends to learn what's afoot by keeping his friends close - and
the tempting Miss Hughes closer still. . . .
UNTIL
HE MEETS HER
He's
tall, dark, and damnably intelligent - unfortunately for Jenna. She and the
duchess are in the "redistribution business," taking from the rich
and giving to the poor, and it's going great - until he shows up. But even as
William plots to make an honest woman out of her, Jenna will use all her wiles
to reveal just how bad a rogue he can be . . .
For a moment, Worth
looked stunned. “What the hell did you
drop down the front of your dress?” he snarled.
“I have no idea what
you’re talking about,” Jenna replied placidly.
She had gotten herself out of stickier situations than this. Distract and deflect. She dropped her hands
again.
“I demand to know what
you took.”
“Nothing, Your Grace.”
“You have something in
the front of your dress,” he snapped.
“I have since I was
twelve years old.”
Worth started in shock
before he swiped his hands through his hair angrily. “You think this is funny?”
“A little.” She was forcing a sangfroid she didn’t feel.
The duke let out a string
of expletives better suited to the London docks. “You have five seconds to produce whatever
you have in the front of your dress, or I swear by all that is holy, I will rip
your bodice in half and retrieve it for you.”
“Ah. Is this your area of expertise?”
That stopped him short.
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
Jenna smirked at him and
cocked a brow. “I thought bodice ripping
might be part of your overwhelming charm.”
Worth’s eyes darkened
even further. “Very well, Miss Hughes,
have it your way.”
God’s teeth, he was
calling her bluff, and in truth, he had every right to do so. Though she’d be damned if she conceded. “Do your worst then,” she dared.
She watched as the duke’s
hands went first to her shoulders, then to the edges of her bodice. She felt the backs of his fingers brush
against her bare skin as he curled them under the seam at the top of her
breasts. Jenna remained perfectly still,
her breath caught in her chest and her heart thundering against her ribs.
He had long fingers. Beautiful fingers, actually, covered in small
nicks and scars and calluses that attested to the fact this duke understood
physical exertion. And they were tracing
the neckline of her dress in slow, sure movements. Her stays were suddenly suffocating. The air around her had thickened. Every muscle in her body had clenched, and it
wasn’t in fear. It was in anticipation.
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Author Info
Kelly
Bowen grew up in Manitoba, Canada. She worked her way through her teenage years
as a back country trail guide and ranch hand. She attended the University of
Manitoba and earned a Master of Science degree in veterinary physiology and
endocrinology.
But it
was Kelly's infatuation with history and a weakness for a good love story that
led her down the path of historical romance. When she is not writing, she
seizes every opportunity to explore ruins and battlefields.
Currently,
Kelly lives in Winnipeg with her husband and two boys, all of whom are
wonderfully patient with the writing process. Except, that is, when they need a
goalie for street hockey.
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