He was big and wore a harlequin's motley-black-and-red diamond leggings and tunic, black jackboots, a hat with a wide, floppy brim, and a black half mask with a grotesquely outsized nose. Many a tale I've told, but none so strange as the legend of the Herla King.…Īrtemis Greaves did not like to think herself a cynical person, but when the masked figure dropped into the moonlit alley to confront the three toughs already menacing her and her cousin, the hand on the knife in her boot tightened. Now that she has the tiger by the tail, can she withstand his ire-or the temptation of his embrace? Read Excerpt But blackmailing a powerful duke isn’t without risks. Īrtemis makes a bold move: she demands that Maximus use his influence to free her imprisoned brother-or she will expose him as the Ghost. She’s even more intrigued when she realizes who exactly the notorious Ghost is by day.
Giles rescues her from footpads, she recognizes a kindred spirit-and is intrigued. Īrtemis Greaves toils as a lady’s companion, but hiding beneath the plain brown serge of her dress is the heart of a huntress. One night he finds a fiery woman who meets him toe-to-toe-and won’t back down.
Giles, ever on the hunt for the murderer. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. as his bride.Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. But Elspeth, knowing that this may be the only way to bridge peace between the families, secretly goes to Windermere and offers herself. When Windermere suggests a truce bound by a marriage between the families, Ayr immediately turns him down. Lady Elspeth de Moray, the thoughtful and shy youngest sister of the Duke of Ayr, only wants to end the warfare between her brother and Windermere. There are rumours, though, about the scandalous demands he makes of his paramours in the bedroom. Windemere is correct, dispassionate, and completely ruthless. One glance from the duke's icy blue eyes has been known to make men faint. Julian Greycourt, the new Duke of Windermere, is called the Duke of Ice because of his complete, artic control. New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt delivers a breathtaking historical romance filled with drama and intrigue - perfect for fans of Tessa Dare and Eloisa James! 'Hoyt's writing is almost too good to be true' Lisa Kleypas
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