Where can I hide? he demanded without preamble, looking frantically around her room. She failed to see the romantic possibilities, but then, she was only eight. The first time Joan Bennet met Tristan Burke, he burst into her bedroom late at night wearing only his trousers and holding a single red rose. But more could lead to a betrothal, which he fears-or does he? Prologue

Or the way he can only win an argument with her by kissing her senseless … even though that just makes him want her more. Or what she might look like without those horrid clothes. If only he could stop thinking about her mouth.

Even more, Joan's the last sort of woman he would ever choose: droll, sharp-witted, and always unfashionable dressed. Tristan Burke doesn't want a wife, and one can't trifle with a friend's sister without risking marriage. When she meets her brother's favorite drinking mate, Viscount Burke, it seems her hopes of adventure might be answered… She's had just about enough of being a respectable wallflower and is giving serious thought to embarking on a life of sin, or at least lascivious adventure like the ones described in a popular scandalous book. Joan Bennet has endured four Seasons without a single suitor or serious flirtation, let alone a marriage proposal. Love and Other Scandals True love is worth a little scandal … This sampler contains excerpts from the Scandals series by Caroline Linden (four novels and three novellas) as well as an essay on the origins of 50 Ways to Sin and three sample issues of the scandalous story itself. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Used with permission.Ĭover images for A Study in Scandal and The Secret of My Seduction © Carrie Devine/Seductive Designs BelsleyĬover images for Love and Other Scandals, It Takes a Scandal, All's Fair in Love and Scandal, Love in the Time of Scandal, and Six Degrees of Scandal © HarperCollins Publishers.

BelsleyĪ Brief History of Sin (essay) © 2015 P. BelsleyĪll’s Fair in Love and Scandal © 2015 P. Other names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously.

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