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Lord of Deception

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He thinks she's a traitor to her queen. She thinks he's just a gardener.
Despised by the cousin with whom she's forced to live, the lonely but determined Alys craves escape. The most dangerous thing she could do is fall in love. Especially when the man who tempts her is Kit Ludlow, an exiled nobleman in disguise. Becoming involved in his secret mission proves more perilous than Alys could possibly have imagined.
Kit has been banished from Queen Elizabeth's court, and the last thing he wants is to entangle Alys in his web of treachery and deception. It would also be folly to fall in love with her when he can't be sure where her loyalties lie.
After helping Kit foil a plot against the queen, Alys' life is at risk from her cousin's nefarious schemes. Estranged from Kit, she's forced to make a desperate decision.
Should she protect her family, or follow the demands of her heart?
N.B. This is just a sample, the first chapter from the book.All Rights Reserved

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Intolerable Civility by Spiszy

With her reputation in tatters and a baby to look after, Catherine Balley is given a single chance at redemption: marry the man she once betrayed, a man who has every reason to hate her. * * * * * Seduced, ruined, and abandoned, Cate spends her days looking after her illegitimate baby, Luke, and trying not to think about the past she lost and the future she will now never have. When David Demery, the man she was once engaged to, offers to honour his promise and marry her, Cate cannot refuse: it is the only chance she will ever have to repair her reputation and protect Luke's future. But just because Demery is willing to marry her doesn't mean he's willing to love her: she broke his heart once, and he is determined not to let her do it again. Even if this time Cate's own heart is at risk of breaking too.

The Accidental Duchess by littleLo

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The Fraudulent Duchess | ONC 2022 by Writographer

The Duke of Bedford needs money. After years of gambling and not paying attention to his budget, Cecil Hastings finds himself in financial trouble. If he cannot find a reasonable amount of money soon, he will be forced to sell his estate. Then, he remembers his great-aunt's proposition. Years ago she told him that when he got married, she would give his future wife a generous sum. The Duke of Bedford wants to get his hands on that money. The problem is that he does not have a wife, and even if he found one, how would he be able to convince her to give him the money? Susan Taylor has been in service all her life. But after she overhears a conversation between the Duke of Bedford and her employer, she finds herself tangled up in the Duke's financial problems. When the Duke offers to give her half of the money in return for pretending that they are a married couple, she finds herself agreeing. Susan Taylor is no longer a lady's maid. She is now the Fraudulent Duchess of Bedford. ___ An ONC 2022 Long List story All rights reserved Cover designed using Canva If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe, form, please go to: @Writographer. Thank you.

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Intolerable Civility

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