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HELD CAPTIVE BY A ROGUE

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Parts 17
Time 7h 9m

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The wild and spirited Kathryn Grey excitedly joins her father and his new wife in London for the season. Her stay there is only brief though for after attending her first ball, which ends in total disaster, she knows she must flee the city immediately. She must get away from the town's most sinister lecher, Lord Roger Chatsworth, Earl of Somerset. Alone and frightened she embarks on what will be the most perilous journey of her young life. That's where she meets Lord Christopher Steele, the infamous rogue of all London. Now destiny awaits this unlikely pair, when a chain of events and unusual circumstances thrusts them together.
  
       Who will come out victorious in this battle of wills between the arrogant Marquis and his fiery captive?  Will he finally allow himself to find true love or will his pride and arrogance forever prevent him from ever experiencing it?All Rights Reserved

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Curse of Rose de Winter cover

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The Forgotten Duchess cover

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Curse of Rose de Winter

When Rosemarie Blackwood wanders into the de Winter house one rainy day, she's given a choice; to be the glamorous millionaire Blanche or plain old Rose. * Heiress Blanche de Winter doesn't appear after the death of her father, and the de Winter family grows anxious. Like the rumors, Rosemarie is black haired and red lipped, so Dylan de Winter and his lawyer Vaughn decide to have her take Blanche's spot for the time being. As they try their best to find Blanche, Rose navigates the complicated relations of the de Winter family, and her own growing feelings for Dylan. Alongside Calvin and Ruby she learns about his past, but when Vaughn confronts Rose with her own past, can she bear her own truth which might ensnare her further to the cursed family...? T R I G G E R W A R N I N G S** - sexual themes - sexual harassment - abuse