The Daughters of the Aristocracy Series by Linda Rae Sande
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#1
The Kiss of a Viscount (The Daughters of the Aristocracy #1)
Linda Rae Sande
Rated: 3.71 of 5 starsHaving inherited a viscountcy, George Bennett-Jones knows he must find a bride, preferably the daughter of an aristocrat. His mistress Josephine insists on it. Through a series of lessons, she instructs George on the finer points of meeting and pleasing a woman. Josie has the ear of a politically powerful marquess, and his daughter, Lady Elizabeth, would suit perfectly. Elizabeth, though, has her sights on the handsome Earl of Trenton... moreHaving inherited a viscountcy, George Bennett-Jones knows he must find a bride, preferably the daughter of an aristocrat. His mistress Josephine insists on it. Through a series of lessons, she instructs George on the finer points of meeting and pleasing a woman. Josie has the ear of a politically powerful marquess, and his daughter, Lady Elizabeth, would suit perfectly. Elizabeth, though, has her sights on the handsome Earl of Trenton. When he returns to London for the Little Season, she is sure he will propose. Elizabeth has secretly founded her own charity, Finding Work for the Wounded, using bribery to secure employment for ex-soldiers. The first beneficiary of her charity knows George. You d like her, he says, his words prophetic, for when George spies the woman dancing with Trenton at a ball, George experiences love at first sight. When a duke suffers a mishap while dancing with Elizabeth, George steps in as her partner. Not particularly handsome, he intrigues Elizabeth with his wit and conversation. As per Josie s lessons, George doesn t reveal his title to Elizabeth. Thinking he is merely a well-to-do cit, she confides that she has experienced her first kiss, and it was awful. The earl kisses like her best friend s dog! George hints there is an art to kissing. At Elizabeth s request, he proves his art ability in the library, and she is left awestruck. Emboldened, she wonders if George can satisfy her curiosity about the pleasures that can be had in a marriage bed. When George vows he can bring her to ecstasy without taking her virtue, Elizabeth agrees to the assignation. Knowing he has only one night to court Elizabeth, George enlists Josie to help make the evening s arrangements. She acts as a chaperone, assuring Elizabeth she is safe with George, and shares information she has learned from Trenton s mistresses. Elizabeth is nervous as she and George share supper. He follows the itinerary he promised, undress her by ten, pleasure her until midnight, allow her to rest until one and have her home by two, and uses the skills Josie has taught him to bring Elizabeth to ecstasy. Despite his desire to take her virtue and her insistence that he do so, he resists temptation, to a point. Elizabeth is stunned when he claims he will ask for her hand if she doesn t accept the earl s suit. Doesn t he realize she cannot marry him? The next day, her father informs her Trenton will be paying a call. Anxious, Elizabeth is sure she will accept his suit. But when he arrives, Josie s words come back to haunt her. Deciding she doesn t want to marry Trenton, she dismisses him before he can propose! When the marquess finds his daughter in tears, Elizabeth explains her reasons for not choosing Trenton and admits to having begun her now-successful charity. Knowing George s intentions, her father informs Elizabeth there is a viscount who wishes to marry her. Elizabeth is stunned; no viscount has courted her, until her father sets her straight about George. Sure Elizabeth has accepted the earl s suit; George appears to wish her happy and takes his leave. Stunned, Elizabeth is bereft until Josie arrives to escort her to George s coach. Admitting her love for George, Elizabeth proposes marriage. He gladly accepts. less
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#2
The Grace of a Duke (The Daughters of the Aristocracy #2)
Linda Rae Sande
Rated: 3.67 of 5 starsThey say time heals all wounds ... but what of those left by love? Having barely survived the fire that killed his family, Joshua Wainwright reluctantly begins his reign as the new Duke of Chichester. He is still recovering from his burns when he returns to Wisborough Oaks, the family seat in Sussex where the fire occurred... moreThey say time heals all wounds ... but what of those left by love? Having barely survived the fire that killed his family, Joshua Wainwright reluctantly begins his reign as the new Duke of Chichester. He is still recovering from his burns when he returns to Wisborough Oaks, the family seat in Sussex where the fire occurred. With reconstruction underway and a backlog of estate business to complete, the very last thing Joshua can handle is the sudden appearance of Lady Charlotte, the daughter of the Earl of Ellsworth. Once betrothed to Joshua’s older brother, Charlotte has spent her entire life training to be the Duchess of Chichester. Now that the man she was supposed to marry is dead, Charlotte is determined to marry Joshua, for despite the horrific scars that require him to wear a mask over one side of his face, she has secretly loved him since her coming-out. Never mind that her father has arranged a betrothal to the Earl of Gisborn! The duke has no idea it was Charlotte who arranged for his medical care and transport to London after the fire. Given his scars and the gossip mongers in London who refer to him as “His Grace with half a face”, he’s determined to spare Charlotte from having to marry him, even if she feels duty-bound to do so. But Charlotte, hiding a hideous scar of her own, will do whatever it takes, including seduction, to secure a marriage to the man she loves. Will Joshua’s apparent indifference send her into the arms of the earl who has come to claim her? Or will Charlotte choose a different path? Love proves it can heal even the deepest wounds in "The Grace of a Duke". less
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#3
The Seduction of an Earl (The Daughters of the Aristocracy #3)
Linda Rae Sande
Rated: 3.67 of 5 starsYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks... but what about his mistress? Henry Forster has loved only one woman his entire life. Sarah, a farmer’s daughter, bore him a son when he was merely the nephew of the Earl of Gisborn. Despite Henry’s numerous proposals, Sarah has refused to marry him, claiming he must seek a wife suitable to his rank... moreYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks... but what about his mistress? Henry Forster has loved only one woman his entire life. Sarah, a farmer’s daughter, bore him a son when he was merely the nephew of the Earl of Gisborn. Despite Henry’s numerous proposals, Sarah has refused to marry him, claiming he must seek a wife suitable to his rank. And now that he’s inherited the earldom and needs a legitimate heir, he is determined to find a biddable wife but keep Sarah as his lover and his young son in his life. Lady Hannah Slater, the daughter of the Marquess of Devonville, decided long ago that men have no regard for their wives and only ever love their mistresses. Husbands, she thinks, are for fathering children. Her large dog, Harold MacDuff can provide protection, but she wants desperately to have a child. So when the Earl of Gisborn offers for her hand, she readily accepts. When the earl doesn’t bed her on their wedding night – he thought it inappropriate to take her virtue in her childhood bed – Hannah is upset and makes her displeasure known while the two are on their way to Oxfordshire. In an effort to appease her, Henry agrees to the proviso that he bed only Hannah until she is with child – then he can resume his relations with Sarah. He is unaware that his true love has set her sights on a different future – one that doesn’t include him. It will take the antics and devotion of man’s best friend to teach Henry and Hannah that sometimes love is right in front of your nose in "The Seduction of the Earl". less
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