Emma V Leech

A Rogues and Gentlemen Christmas Novel A wicked libertine whose luck has run out...Justin Langley, the Earl of Rutherford, has followed in his dreadful father's footsteps. Charming, witty and fashionable he might have been, but last earl put a period to his life when Justin was a boy, with nothing but unpaid debts, a notorious reputation and a good many broken hearts to show for his time on earth. At the age of four and thirty, his son has emulated his sire in every way. The only thing left to do, is blow his brains out and follow the path to its inevitable conclusion. Recuperating from a bullet wound inflicted by a cuckolded husband, his last scandal finally has the ton turn their backs on him, and no amount of charm will win them back this time. Justin needs a miracle. A woman with a fortune in desperate need of a husband...When Miss Beatrice Huntingdon is left in the care of her uncle when her beloved father dies, she knows the avaricious man wants to get his hands on her fortune. What she did not expect were the extreme measures he would use to get it.Forced to flee her uncle's house in the middle of the night to escape marriage to a man who repulses her, Bea is left with few options. Until she marries, she has no money of her own, and the only man she has any hopes of marrying in the next few hours is the infamous Earl of Rutherford. But if she must marry a monster, it may as well be one of her own choosing. When two lonely people dare to open their hearts...Having negotiated a marriage in name only, Bea is determined to keep Rutherford at a safe distance, but the earl is equally determined to charm his intriguing new bride, after all, he has nothing better to do. Strong and forthright she might be, but Bea has never been wooed before, and the wicked rogue's tactics are becoming increasingly hard to deflect. Yet is it all a game to him, just another broken heart to add to those that languish among the ladies of the ton, or is Rutherford playing for higher stakes this time? Perhaps one where the season of goodwill could bring them both everything they never knew they wanted.

Only cats have nine lives... Leo Hunt has come to a crossroads in his life. A notable Corinthian, and a man who can never say no to a challenge, Leo has decided it's time to grow up. His friends are all marrying and settling down, and his sister's blissful if chaotic family life has given him the idea that he might like something of the sort himself. The woman who has inspired this volte-face is his sometime friend, sometime nemesis, Violetta Spencer. Leo has known Vi since they were children and has never been in her company for above five minutes without vexing her. Until now... Cat got your tongue... When Leo Hunt makes his intention to pursue her known, Vi thinks he's lost his mind. Either that, or he's doing it for a dare, or a lark, or, more likely, a bet. Whatever the reason, she's not about to fall for it. He might be the man she has secretly loved since girlhood, but she's no fool, and any connection between them would surely end in disaster. However, Vi has not reckoned upon her marriage-minded adopted mama, Lady Trevick. The lady is determined to see Vi happily married, whether she likes it or not. Finding herself out manoeuvred, Vi determines to endure Leo's courting like one would a bout of the measles, until he tires of the idea. A catastrophe waiting to happen... When Leo takes an unwilling Vi for yet another turn around the park, he is on his best behaviour, well aware that, unlike his favourite feline, he does not have nine lives and his chances with Vi are running out. Sadly, no one told his constant companion, The Cat, Mau. Unlike most cats, Mau's devotion is legendary, a superior feline, he is famous among the ton - and among those with nefarious intentions. Lured from his master's side, Mau is snatched by criminals determined to demand a vast ransom for the beloved and much-admired animal. All does not go smoothly, however. All nine lives... When their diversion fails, the criminals flee with Mau in their clutches, and Violetta and Leo in hot pursuit. On the following adventure, Vi discovers not only that she's enjoying herself despite imminent ruin, but that devil may care Leo is not at all what she expected.

A lovely distraction...Viscount Cavendish, and his Indian wife, Aashini, caused quite a scandal with their marriage, back in the day, and their son, Ashton Anson, is well aware some people still view him as less than an English gentleman. Blessed with his mother's extraordinary looks, a love of fashion and colour, and with wit and a sharp tongue he's never learned to hold, Ash is adept at getting himself into trouble. Years of practice have taught him the way out too, with his fists, making him the ton's most ruthless and unbeaten boxer. The games run by the gentleman's Club, The Sons of Hades, have become legend, and Ash with them. Enter the diamond...When the Duke of Beresford's lovely and diminutive daughter, Narcissa Ponsonby, makes her debut into society, Ashton Anson stands back and watches as the men of the ton fall over themselves to be the one to win the fragile beauty, and her vast dowry.Tired of simpering misses with cotton wool for brains-even if they look like Botticelli's Venus-Ash is unimpressed by the pretty little ninny and makes his usual biting remarks. Unfortunately, the doll-like Narcissa overhears his comments and her stinging repost reveals the sweet fa ade she wears hides a woman Ash finds far more interesting than the pocket Venus everyone believes her to be. A desperate bid for freedom...Though everyone thinks they know Narcissa, the truth is far more complicated. The daughter of the Duke of Beresford dare not put a foot wrong. Her eldest sister is lost to her, since her father refuses to have anything to do with the child who ruined herself and married a commoner. Narcissa has always longed for her father's approval, despite finding it impossible to obey his rules. If his grace forbids her to ride a certain horse, the devil in her will dare her to take it, if he tells her not to climb trees and behave like a hoyden, she will steal her brother's trousers and climb the biggest tree on the estate. There's a demon in her heart and she knows it, but not this time. This time Narcissa will do just what the duke has told her to do. She'll be the perfect young lady and marry to please him. In doing so, she intends to choose a titled fool, someone easy for her to manipulate. Never again will she be bullied into doing things she has no desire to do, or living a life too confined and dull to endure. She will be free. A battle royale...Ash knows trouble when he sees it, and every instinct tells him winning Narcissa is a fight he is doomed to lose. The Duke of Beresford despises him and forbids his daughter to have anything to do with Ash. Yet this delicate Venus has a courageous heart and fire in her blood, and if Ash can win her heart, she might just fight right beside him

Douze filles - Douze d fis accomplir. Qui aura l'audace de tout reiquer? Un d fi qui bouleverse le cours de sa vie...En d pit d'une dot impressionnante, miss Ruth Sotne, riche h riti re, peine r aliser le souhait de son p re: pouser un aristocrate. D fi e par les Demoiselles Surprenantes de "dire une chose profond ment scanaleuse un homme s duisant". Ruth se surpasse et demande en mariage l'h ritier d'un comt . Un choix qu'elle risque de regretter... Avant qu'elle ne puisse r fl chir cette d cision quelque peu h tive, son gigantesque et s duisant promis la jette dans un carosse qui l'emm ne vers les contr es isol es o se trouve le ch teau d labr qu'il compte r parer gr ce sa dot. Contrat de mariage ou contrat d'affaires? Ruth ne se fait pas d'illusions. Ce n'est pas une beaut fragile, elle est forte et a les pieds sur terre: elle sait que son poux ne tombera jamais follement amoureux d'elle. Il s'agit d'un mariage de convenance: ses enfants h riteront du rang et d'une place au sein de la noblesse; quant elle, elle aura la demeure dont elle avait toujours r v . Mais ce mari but et t tu veille en elle une col re et une passion comme personne avant lui... Son premier hiver au vieux chateau de Wildsyde promet d' tre incendiaire

To be revealed... **** This is the seventeenth book in the series and focuses on the children of The Girls Who Dare series. They can be read separate from Girls Who Dare; however, for a more intimate experience, one should read the Girls Who Dare first. The reading order for Daring Daughters is: Dare to be WickedDare to be BrazenDare to be WildDare to Cause a ScandalDare it all for LoveThe Trouble with a DareDare to Risk it AllThe Mistletoe DareJust a Little DaringAn Enchanting DareTo Dare the DevilSinfully DaringTo Dare the DarknessWildly DaringThe Dare Before ChristmasIndecently DaringTruly, Madly, Daring'Heat rating of 3' -Spicy, descriptive and provocative, but not erotica.

Chat chaud craint l'eau froide Harriet Stanhope est s rieuse et intelligente, c'est le genre de fille qui lit Platon et aime les longues balades sous la pluie. Mal l'aise lors des bals, danser et s duire n' tant pas ses points forts, la saison repr sente pour elle une perte de temps effroyable. Mais il y a bien longtemps, elle a aim , elle a confi son coeur un homme qui l'avait embrass e et lui avait murmur des mots doux... avant de rire de l'exploit avec un ami.Humili e, le coeur bris , Harriet s'est alors jur d'utiliser son cerveau et de ne plus jamais faire confiance son idiot de coeur. Un amour sens unique Jasper Cadogan, le comte de Saint-Clair, est d sesp r ment amoureux d'une femme qui le d teste.Adorable vaurien, Jasper est beau, charmeur et d'un caract re jovial. Il est tr s appr ci de l'aristocratie et, de l'avis de tous, repr sente le meilleur parti sur le march , pourtant il accumule les faux pas avec sa camarade de jeu d'enfance Harriet Stanhope. Jadis, ils taient proches, mais le coeur d'Harriet est d sormais herm tique ses avances et Jasper sait qu'il est responsable de cela, mais il n'a pas la moindre id e de ce qu'il a fait.Il comprend qu'au mieux, Harriet pense qu'il est un cervel superficiel. En admiration devant les capacit s intellectuelles de la jeune femme, le beau Jasper peine lui prouver le contraire. Bien d termin lever le voile sur l' v nement qui a provoqu le rejet d'Harriet, il est pr t tout pour d couvrir la v rit .Un pari qui risque de leur briser le coeur Les Demoiselles Surprenantes lancent un d fi Harriet: faire un pari qu'elle ne souhaite pas perdre, et quand Kitty, incapable de tenir sa langue, en informe Jasper, elle sait qu'elle est dans le p trin.Trop t tue pour renoncer, Harriet accepte le pari choquant que lui lance Jasper, ce qui les pr cipitera tous deux dans un scandale qui mettra en p ril absolument tout... y compris leur coeur.

A case of unrequited love... Lady Victoria Adolphus is the beautiful daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Bedwin. Wherever she goes, men follow, eager to win the hand-and the dowry-of such a powerful man's daughter. Torie is not interested in the gloriously handsome, the titled, the wealthy and powerful. There is only one man she wants, a kind, funny and good-natured fellow who everybody loves, but he refuses to contemplate her. Once bitten, twice shy...Barnaby Godwin is everybody's friend, decent to his marrow, he would never turn his back on a friend in need, has a kind word for everyone, and is thoroughly sick of being nice. Being nice failed to win him the hand of Lady Millicent, who married an earl thirty years her senior, choosing title and fortune over good old Barnaby. Now, he has a duke's daughter making sheep's eyes at him, but Barnaby won't be made a fool of again. A cosy Christmas house party When their good friends, Evie and Louis, throw their first Christmas house party at Heart's Folly, Barnaby and Torie are thrown together in close quarters, much to Barnaby's discomfort. Hurt by his refusal to spend any time in her company, Torie goes off seeking adventure, for the old house is full of secrets, and if she can't have the man she loves, a Gothic style adventure will have to suffice. Just a dash of seasonal spice... Torie did not mean to get Barnaby caught up in the trouble she finds herself in, but that's what comes of being too decent to let her get into mischief alone. Now he's here, though, Torie will not let him go. Well, what's a daring girl to do, but take a chance on the magic of Christmas? **** This will be the fifteenth book in the series and focuses on the children of The Girls Who Dare series. They can be read separate from Girls Who Dare; however for a more intimate experience, one should read the Girls Who Dare first. Reading order for Daring Daughters is as follows: Dare to be WickedDare to be BrazenDare to be WildDare to Cause a ScandalDare it all for LoveThe Trouble with a DareDare to Risk it AllThe Mistletoe DareJust a Little DaringAn Enchanting DareTo Dare the DevilSinfully DaringTo Dare the DarknessWildly DaringThe Dare Before Christmas (December 16, 2022)

Une nigme irr sistible...Il est possible que se orita Lucia de Feria soit la plus belle femme du monde, en tout cas, il ne fait aucun doute que c'est la plus belle que le vicomte Cavendish ait jamais vue.Mais cette beaut myst rieuse manigance quelque chose, et Cavendish doute de la puret de ses intentions.Cela suffit au vicomte pour avoir envie de passer du temps en sa charmante compagnie, mais d sir et complot sont source de tentations impies.Une dangereuse conqu te...Les apparences sont parfois trompeuses.Lucia a des secrets... des secrets pour lesquels un homme serait pr t la tuer.Le coeur empli de vengeance et la fortune en p ril, Lucia va bient t triompher, ou y laisser la vie.Mais elle tombe sans cesse sur le vicomte Cavendish, avec son sourire de pirate, et ces yeux bleus malicieux.Un cercle d'amies pleines d'audace...Quand un club de lecture un peu particulier fait entrer les Demoiselles Surprenantes dans sa vie, Lucia, charm e, se sent pour la premi re fois sa place quelque part. Entre ses nouvelles amies, et un homme qui risque de faire chavirer son coeur, tous ses plans d rapent.La magnifique se orita a pass toute son existence vouloir se venger, et elle ne s'attendait pas trouver quelque chose de plus important en chemin.Lucia ne peut pas se permettre les distractions, les amis ou la pr sence d'un gentilhomme suspicieux ses c t s. Mais soudainement, les trois apparaissent dans sa vie.Peut- tre est-il temps pour elle d'enfreindre ses propres r gles.

A bold Miss and her beloved dog... Lady Cara Baxter is a scandal waiting to happen. She knows it. Her family know it. The only question is when and what kind of scandal she will fall into, though undoubtedly her dog, Sultan, will be at the heart of it. Cara doesn't care. The marriage mart is a bear bait, and not half so much fun as she thought it would be. Sultan might be badly behaved, but outside of her family he is the only male in her life that truly loves her. A criminal with a heart of gold... Wulfric 'Wolf' De Vere, Viscount Latimer, is a conundrum and he knows it. To all the world, he is Le Loup Noir, king of the Parisian underworld. If you want silks, spices, alcohol, or anything of an exotic nature, you go to Wolf. If you wanted someone to disappear, you go to Wolf. If you want a favour, you go to Wolf, but only if you are prepared to pay the price, and that price is high. Everyone knows he is not a man to be crossed, but they do not know Wolf. An irresistible temptation... When Evie describes her lovely friend and her naughty hound, her description captivates Wolf. Having stolen the letter Cara wrote her friend, Wolf begins a correspondence with a girl he has never laid eyes on. Signing himself only as 'W', an unlikely friendship begins. An adventure with a man she ought not to trust... When Cara discovers her wicked W is none other than the infamous Lord Latimer, newly arrived in London, nothing will keep her from the man she has fallen in love with one letter at a time. She does not care about his terrible reputation, nor that it will ruin her to be discovered in his company. Nothing matters, but being with the man she adores, and anyway, falling into scandal was inevitable so she may as well be... Wildly daring.***************************************************** This is the fourteenth book in the series and focuses on the children of The Girls Who Dare series. They can be read separate from Girls Who Dare; however for a more intimate experience, one should read the Girls Who Dare first. Reading order for Daring Daughters is as follows: Dare to be WickedDare to be BrazenDare to be WildDare to Cause a ScandalDare it all for LoveThe Trouble with a DareDare to Risk it AllThe Mistletoe DareJust a Little DaringAn Enchanting DareTo Dare the DevilSinfully DaringTo Dare the DarknessWildly DaringThe Dare Before Christmas'Heat rating of 3' -Spicy, descriptive and provocative, but not erotica.