How to Marry a Marquess
by Stacy Reid
Wedding by Scandal #3
Publication Date: August 14, 2017
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Scandalous, Historical, Romance, Standalone
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EXCERPT #2
Lady Evie hatches a daring plan to secure her marquess…
“I need lessons in seduction.”
“Bloody hell. If you must work to ensnare your gentleman’s regard,
he is a bloody fool,” Richard said gruffly. “You are beautiful, Evie. Clever,
witty, and kind. He should be damn well fortunate you would consider him.” He
scrubbed a hand over his face. “Who is this idiot?”
You, my darling. “I would rather not say.”
“Why in damnation not?”
“I already know you are going
to investigate Ponsby, as you did all the other suitors who have approached me
over the years. I would…prefer you not to do so with my secret gentleman.”
“And if I gave you my word?”
“I will still be directed by my
desires and withhold his name from you.”
“And what makes you think I
have any notion of what in God’s name you
must do to attract this buffoon?”
Evie couldn’t help laughing. “Rumors says you’ve had
various lovers—actresses, famed courtesans, ladies belonging to high society
and ladies of questionable morals. Surely you have some idea of how they caught
you so thoroughly?”
“Perhaps it was I who caught
them,” he said with some amusement and with such arrogant superiority she
wanted to slap him.
She settled with an inelegant
shrug. “Unquestionably it was mutual.”
“And what do I get from this?”
“You get to make a dear friend
the happiest of women.”
After a pulse of silence, he
responded, “And that is all the incentive I need.”
A wide smile split her face, and
he sucked in a harsh breath. Evie pushed out her hand for him to shake. He held
her palm lightly. “Then we have a bargain. You will teach me how to kiss
properly, in secret of course, how to flirt, and you will attend balls and
dance with me so that he can be dreadfully jealous.”
Richard shook her hand. “I may be
present at a few balls, I may dance with you, I may give you meaningful insight
on how to attract this unmitigated idiot, but there will certainly be no
kisses.”
It was something, Evie conceded
grudgingly, but just not quite what she needed. “And why no kisses?”
The air tightened with an
unexpected tension, and the pulse jumped
in her throat.
“That would be too dangerous.”
“You have kissed me before.”
A powerful heat flared in the
depth of his gaze. “That has no bearing on how we must go forward now. And
those kisses were chaste.”
“Chaste? You’ve intrigued me,
Richard, I quite thought at the time they were illicit and daring. Are you
suggesting there is more?”
He narrowed his gaze in warning.
She pursed her lips. “You would prefer
I seek someone else’s tuition for lessons on how to kiss properly?”
“Good Christ, I implied nothing
of the sort.”
“Without lessons in the art of
delicate seduction, I am certain I am to muck it up. The very idea is
intolerable.”
“Evie…”
He swallowed, at an apparent loss
of word as she moved to sit beside him. She quite liked ruffling the feathers
of a man of the world like Richard. Acting on pure feminine instinct, she
lifted the veil from her face and lightly kissed the firm side of his jaw. Her
heart pounded an exhilarating yet terrifying tempo. When he didn’t shift from
her tentative exploration, her anxiety lessened, and her curiosity increased.
How far could she tempt him?
SYNOPSIS:
Lady Evie Chesterfield is a darling of the ton who refuses to become engaged. She’s been desperately in love with her brother’s friend, Richard Maitland, Marquess of Westfall, since forever. But the dark, dangerous marquess only sees her as a friend and refuses to marry any woman. When circumstances change and Evie has no choice but to take a husband, she decides to convince London’s most notorious gentleman to marry her by seducing the scoundrel.
Richard Maitland decided long ago that he wanted nothing to do with love. So when the gorgeous, off-limits Evie asks him for lessons in seduction, Richard knows he’s playing with fire. Despite Richard’s determination to protect her from his dastardly reputation, he is tested at every turn by his need for the infuriating, but enticing, Lady Evie. Before too long he is faced with making an impossible choice…
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ABOUT STACY REID
I am an avid reader of novels with a deep passion for writing. I especially love romance and adore writing about people falling in love. I live a lot in the worlds I create and I actively speak to my characters (out loud). I have a warrior way “never give up on my dream.” When I am not writing, I spend a copious amount of time drooling over Rick Grimes from Walking Dead, watching Japanese Anime and playing video games with my love. I also have a horrible weakness for Ice cream. 
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