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THE DEBUTANTE IS MINE
Season's Original #1
Vivienne Lorret
Releasing April 12th, 2016
Avon Impulse
USA Today bestselling author Vivienne
Lorret launches a new historical romance series featuring the Season’s
Original—a coveted title awarded by the ton’s elite to one lucky debutante...
From the Season Standard: ”A true Season’s
Original embodies the class, grace, and style of the ton. Such an honor
ensures the recipient their pick of eligible suitors…“
Lilah’s Appleton’s prospects are looking dim. With one last chance to find a
titled husband before she’s forced to wed her wretched cousin, she must make
this Season count. Plain, forgettable Lilah must become the Season’s Original.
Desperate, she seeks help from the devilishly charming, untitled, and
thoroughly unsuitable Jack Marlowe. All she must do now is resist the tempting
rogue…
Bastard son and self-made man, Jack Marlowe loathes the aristocracy. When he
meets Lilah, he expects her to be like all the other greedy husband-hunters.
But she’s far more dangerous. Her alluring smiles and sharp tongue intrigue
him. Before he knows it, he agrees to help her find a husband, revealing tricks
to ensnare any man. The only problem is, his plan works too well—on him.
When Lilah becomes the belle of the ball, Jack realizes he may lose her
forever-unless he can take a chance on love and claim his
debutante...
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“Since I cannot move forward, the
gentlemanly thing for you to do is to step back.”
“Why can’t you move forward?” His
breath skimmed across her nape, teasing the tendrils that must have come loose
earlier, when their carriage had hit the rut.
She shivered, closing her eyes. “I
know very well that you do not care about my answer. All you are doing is
delaying the removal of your hand from my . . .”
She’d said the word a moment ago. So
why couldn’t she say it now? Likely, because that part of her body had suddenly
become the center of her world. It was now a place of intimacy and forbidden
touches.
“Waist?” he supplied, moving his fingertips in
such a way that it made her stomach quiver—not on the surface but someplace
deeper inside.
“Person,” she corrected, yet noticed her
thready word lacked censure. She tried again. “You really should not be
touching me here.”
“If I were assisting you into a
barouche, I would have both my hands on your . . . person.”
Both of his hands on her? She tried
not to imagine it. When she felt an enthralling warmth spread through her, she
knew she’d failed. “No. I mean here, in the ballroom. If anyone should see, the
result would be catastrophic for both of us.”
Her reputation would be ruined. He
would be expected to marry her. They both knew, however, that he would not. His
conduct indicated that he cared little for the principles of society. He didn’t
even like her. And more important, she reminded herself, she despised him.
“Indeed. The rules that govern your
actions must be obeyed.” With those
hard-edged words, he dropped his hand and stepped back.
Lilah immediately missed his warmth
and hated herself for it. She turned to face him, a reprimand at the ready. “If
we didn’t have rules, then society would be full of men like you who enjoy
taking liberties.”
He lifted his tawny brows. “You don’t
think society would be full of women taking
liberties?”
She blinked, caught off guard by the
question and by the very idea. Women taking liberties?
Spinning
a web to decide her fate . . .
It was an unexpectedly intriguing
proposition for a woman in her circumstances. Now, however, was not the time to
ponder it. “I will not imagine such a thing. After all, if I were to have
placed my hand on your person, then you would have removed it. Men do not wait
upon politeness.”
“I wouldn’t have removed your hand . .
. from anywhere on my person.” He
grinned, making her regret the example she’d used. Then he spread his arms out
in invitation. “Please tell me you require proof.”
USA Today bestselling
author, VIVIENNE LORRET loves romance novels, her pink laptop,
her husband, and her two sons (not necessarily in that order … but there are
days). Transforming copious amounts of tea into words, she is an Avon Impulse
author of works including: Tempting Mr. Weatherstone, The Wallflower Wedding
Series, The Rakes of Fallow Hall Series, The Duke’s Christmas Wish, and the
Season’s Original Series.
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