Book 2 of The Heiress Brides series
An inconvenient truth…
Soon Deirdre’s visions of a lavish existence with the handsome Calder are shattered when she learns his shocking secret. Feeling betrayed, Deirdre seeks vengeance by playing a perilous and seductive game of cat and mouse with her husband that threatens to drive them both to the heights of passion. But at what cost?
Calder is determined to keep his secret under lock and key–and to make his stunning wife his in every way that matters. Even if it means winning her heart all over again…
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“Bradley tells an involved, sexy story. If you haven’t yet read a Bradley novel, let yourself be seduced by the mistress of the genre!” — RT Book Reviews (top pick)
“What can Bradley come up with after The Liars Club and The Royal Four? The answer is a humorous romp of marriage mayhem that’s a love and laughter treat, tinged with heated sensuality and tenderness. This winning combination ensures Bradley’s Heiress Brides series will climb the bestseller charts.” — RT Book Reviews (top pick)
“What can Bradley come up with after The Liars Club and The Royal Four? The answer is a humorous romp of marriage mayhem that’s a love and laughter treat, tinged with heated sensuality and tenderness. This winning combination ensures Bradley’s Heiress Brides series will climb the bestseller charts.” — RT Book Reviews (top pick)
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Awards for The Duke Next Door
New York Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
RT Book Reviews Editor’s Top Pick
Under the covers…
I love the Grimms’ tale of The Summer and Winter Garden, the story of Beauty and the Beast. A primary theme in this one is the conflict between marrying for love and marriage as a sort of bargain. In the fairytale, the father trades his daughter for his own life. In my version, the woman trades herself for the man of her dreams–but doesn’t know how to get herself back when things don’t turn out as planned! Deirdre does everything wrong because she’s been raised to use her beauty like a weapon, instead of following her heart.
Calder is the Beast (and the father of the Beastie–his outrageously misbehaved daughter, Meggie) not because he is cruel, but because he is cold and unwilling to compromise. His past is full of pain and regret because of willful women and he isn’t about to let Deirdre add to that. At the same time, Deirdre isn’t about to let the man she’s longed for since she was fifteen shelve her like an unwanted doll.
I love the battle between fire and ice. There is nothing more fun than breaking down the walls of a solitary, self-contained man when armed with lust, laughter and love!
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