Bartered at the Gambling Table

ABOUT THE SERIES….

Chained & Chastened (Steamy Historical Romance)

The three sisters, Marianne, Annabelle and Susanna are impoverished ladies whose cruel stepfather is determined to fob them off, marry them off, or barter them off… with no concern for what kind of rogues may acquire them or for what wicked whims…

ABOUT THE BOOK…

Annabelle finds herself made a bargaining chip in a gambling den by her dissolute stepfather. To safeguard her family’s honor, she dares not reveal that she is not a courtesan. Not even when she is won at cards by the devilishly handsome Lord Thomas Preston, whose intentions towards her are anything but honorable…

Thomas never expected to fall in love with the beautiful but enigmatic courtesan whose favors he won at poker. But he knows she has a secret she is keeping from him, and he’s determined to discover why she holds her heart hidden from him, even she bares everything else to his caresses…

This is the second stand-alone novella in the steamy Historical Romance Chained & Chastened series.