Lady Derring Takes a Lover
The Palace of Rogues
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building.
Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring,” is a lot more interesting—and perfidious—dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man.
But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known as the Rogue’s Palace, seducing the beautiful, blue-blooded proprietress to get his man seems like a small sacrifice.
They both believe love is a myth. But a desire beyond reason threatens to destroy the armor around their hearts. Now a shattering decision looms: Will Tristan betray his own code of honor…or choose a love that might be the truest thing he’s ever known?
Customer Reviews
Fantastic first book in a new series
Julie Anne Long rates right at the top when it comes to historical romance, and I have the books to prove it!
So when I learned of a new series I knew I had to check it out.
Wow! I was bowled over, not with the storytelling, because that has always been stellar, but by the freshness and the wonder I experienced, from the very beginning of “Lady Derring Takes a Lover”.
I expected that I would greatly enjoy it, but the characters and their situation grabbed hold from the first paragraph and continued to keep me enthralled all the way through.
I adore the ladies of the Grand Palace on the Thames! Their spirit and fortitude, their out-and-out determination to succeed is...outstanding. They are inspirations.
Then there are the others who become part of the fantastic cast characters. So much variation. Those who stay become people I love to spend time with.
There is never a dull moment at the Grand Palace on the Thames!
I adored this bookn
I adored this book the heroine, the hero, the supporting characters.
Starting over, reinventing yourself and choosing to be kind.