The kidnapping and rape scenes in this book literally made me feel nauseous. and though she still dreams of escape and independence, she knows she can never flee the unexpected, unwelcome love for the proud, powerful lover who claims her both body and soul. Verity spends night after night with him in his bed. He kidnaps her, sweeping her away to his hunting lodge in Scotland, where he vows to bend her to his will. But Kylemore destroys her plans for a respectable life when he discovers her safe haven. Flying in the face of society, he decides to make her his bride then, she vanishes, seemingly into thin air.ĭire circumstances have forced Verity Ashton to barter her innocence and change her name for the sake of her family. Men fight duels to spend an hour in her company. The Duke of Kylemore knows her as Soraya, London's most celebrated courtesan. This astonishing full-length debut was won at auction, where we beat out three other houses. A powerfully sensuous novel that is reminiscent of the early work of Stephanie Laurens.
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