Desperate Duchesses
by Eloisa James
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Spring 1783 ... Jemma, Duchess of Beaumont, has just returned from Paris and is planning to shock all of London high society - not to mention horrify her husband - with scandalous soirees and a debauched Grand Ball. When her country cousin Lady Roberta St Giles asks for help seducing the Duke of Villiers into marriage, Jemma transforms Roberta into the most delicious and desirable woman in town. Then she lures Villiers to the house, ostensibly to play chess, but he, ignoring both Roberta and Jemma's husband, offers Jemma a match - the third game to be played blindfold. And in bed.
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Aristocracy (Social class), Fiction, Large type books, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Georgian, Love Stories, fiction, Aristocracy (Social class), fiction, History, Fiction, romance, historicalPeople
Lady Roberta St. Giles, Damon Reeve Earl of Gryffyn, Jemma Duchess of Beaumont, Duke of VilliersPlaces
England, London, London (England)Times
Georgian Era, 18th century| Edition | Availability |
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Desperate Duchesses
2011, Magna, Magna Large Print Books
in English
- Large print ed.
075053415X 9780750534154
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Desperate Duchesses
2009, Thorndike Press
Hardcover
in English
- Large Print Edition
1410416356 9781410416353
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A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles falls in love with a man she glimpses across a crowded ballroom: a duke, a game player of consummate skill, a notorious rakehell who shows no interest in marriage--until he lays eyes on Roberta.
Yet the Earl of Gryffyn knows too well that the price required to gain a coronet is often too high. Damon Reeve, the earl, is determined to protect the exquisite Roberta from chasing after the wrong destiny.
Can Damon entice her into a high-stakes game of his own, even if his heart is likely to be lost in the venture?
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