The Duke's Scandalous Secret
Chapter 1
Lynnette Overton was a pink of Society. It had been remarked among those who knew her that she was as merry as a cricket, and more than one gentleman of her acquaintance thought her quite taking in her own, straightforward fashion. No one had ever accused her of being a cabbagehead. Nor had it ever been said that she was so timid as to not say boo to a goose.
Yet even she was not one to take foolish chances.
Before she climbed into bed that night with a cup of chocolate and a copy of Mrs. Mordefi's newest sensational gothic novel, Lynnette locked her door. She was too taken by the glittering light of a full moon to pull her draperies shut but even she was not so blinded by the sparkle as to let it beguile her. So she also made sure that the French windows that looked onto a wide veranda, and from ... read full excerpt from The Duke's Scandalous Secret ebook