The Sinner

Zusatztext "Packed with sensuality and foreboding undertones! this book boasts rich historical details and characters possessing unusual depth and vitality."— Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Madeline Hunter is a New York Times bestselling author of historical romances who lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. In a parallel existence to the one she enjoys as a novelist, she has a Ph.D. in art history and teaches at an East Coast university. Klappentext Filled with seduction, suspense, and passionate love, Madeline Hunter's bestselling novels have captivated readers everywhere. Now she introduces fans to one of her most thrilling heroes yet-"the Sinner"-in an irresistible tale of a sensual bargain so dangerously provocative, it could tempt the devil himself . . . THE SINNER Wearing nothing but a man's nightshirt, Fleur Monley wakes to find herself in the bed of England's most charming and reckless libertine. But it was a stray gunshot, not passion, that put her at the mercy of a man as infamously handsome as he is famously talented in the arts of love. Believing herself immune to any seduction, Fleur thinks herself perfectly safe to proffer an arrangement no ordinary woman would dare make: half her fortune for the freedom she would gain by being his wife-in name only. Desperately in need of funds, Dante Duclaire could do worse than the "white marriage" proposed by this idealistic beauty too naïve to know the danger she is in. But the rashest thing he's ever done is to tell himself he'll be able to resist the invitation to sin that this sensuous innocent would arouse at every turn-or that he'll be able to protect her from both the ruthless enemies that seek her ruin . . . and his own dangerous desire. Chapter One Utter ruin provokes soul-searching in even the least reflective of men. Dante Duclairc was contemplating that unwelcome discovery when he heard the horse outside. He opened the cottage door to find one very annoyed physician standing in the moonlight at the threshold. Morgan Wheeler peered severely over the top edge of his spectacles. "This had better be very serious, Duclairc. Your brother's land steward pulled me out of bed." "It is very serious, and I am sorry that your sleep was interrupted." "No one said you had come down to Laclere Park. Why haven't you called on me?" "Only the steward knows I am here, so you must swear to keep this visit a secret. I should have sent for a surgeon, but you are the only medical man in the region I could trust to be discreet." Morgan sighed heavily and stepped into the humble abode. "Why did you send for me?" "There is a woman upstairs who needs your attention." Morgan set down his bag and removed his frock coat. "She is alone here?" "Except for me." "Why does this woman require me?" "The lady has been shot." Morgan had been rolling up a sleeve. He stopped, arm outstretched and fingers engaged. "You have a lady visitor who has been shot?" "Grazed, actually." "Where was she shot? Excuse me, grazed?" "In this cottage. Accidentally. We were playing a little game and--" "I meant, where is the wound?" "In the rear nether region of her trunk." "Excuse me? Are you saying that you shot your lover in the buttock?" "Yes. Come upstairs and--" "One moment, my good friend. My dull life has feasted off the excitement of yours for years, but this is too much. You have secretly brought a woman, a lady, to a rustic cottage on your brother the viscount's estate, where you engaged in some orgiastic rite that resulted in her being shot in the buttock. Do I have the essential facts correct?" "Her arm is hurt and she hit her head too." "Not like you, Duclairc, getting rough like that. You surprise and disappoint me." "I assure ...

Product details

• Authors: Madeline Hunter
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2003
• EAN: 9780553585926
• ISBN: 978-0-553-58592-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Get Connected Romances; Seducer; Get Connected Romances
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature