Two lonely people discover that true love doesn’t have to be perfect.
The gentleman makes a wager.
Devlin Drake is out for revenge. Since his brother’s mysterious death, the cruel and devious Miss Bromfield has taken to spouting vicious lies, spreading vile gossip—and he vows to make her pay. How better to punish the lady than to make her his wife? A lifetime of misery is what she deserves. … his wife? A lifetime of misery is what she deserves. Knowing the lady would never accept him, Devlin devises a plan to get her to the altar—he’ll win her hand in a bet.
In choosing to marry the spiteful lady, Devlin must accept he will never know true love. But his fortunes turn when he’s offered another tempting option.
A surprise announcement.
Miss Juliet Duval, the illegitimate daughter of Baron Bromfield, was taken into the lord’s house after the death of her mother. The baron finds her an embarrassment, and her half-sister’s jealous tirades see Juliet banished to the role of servant. That is until her father makes a foolish wager and needs a daughter to satisfy his debt.
An unsuitable match.
Thrown together in an odd twist of fate, Devlin and Juliet are mismatched in every regard. He is a hulking figure of a man, powerful, commanding. She is dainty and petite, used to obeying her father, and despising of masterful men. Yet both quickly become what the other needs and together must battle against those determined to tear them apart.
Features:
- Regency historical romance novel
- A novel of approx 70,000 words
- Contains some descriptive sex scenes
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WILL LOVE OVERCOME REVENGE?
Devlin Drake plots revenge against Hannah Bromfield, the Baron’s daughter. He wagers his estate against marriage to the Baron’s daughter and wins her on the roll of the dice. When he goes to collect his bride, he is given the daughter no one knew about.
Juliet Duval’s mother died six years ago and her father took her in as an unpaid servant. In an attempt to plant her as a spy to retrieve some mysterious letters, he marries her off to Devlin Drake, a monster.
What will happen to these two strangers—one who marries to escape her hideous family and the other who marries for revenge? I Highly Recommend this second novel in Adele’s superb series ‘Avenging Lords’, filled with lies, secrets, schemers, spies, horrible relatives, amazing plot twists and a fabulous ending.
Devlin vows revenge upon Miss Bromfield. He is convinced that her vicious lies resulted in the death of his brother. After winning her in a gamble from her father, he plans to make her life as miserable as she made his brother’s. But Bromfield tricks him into marrying his illegitimate daughter, Juliet, instead. However, they are all in for surprises and revelations. Good romance, good mystery to solve.
5 Big Stars!
This is a fast paced historical novel which is full of the kind of twists in the telling of it that will keep you glued to the pages and guessing what is going to happen next.
Devlin and Juliet are a pair of very different and delightful characters with whom fate is playing an interesting game.
I love the way Adele Clee has written them and their adventure in a new life together and am really happy to recommend this very entertaining and unique story and hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
I read an Advance Readers Copy of the ebook and this is my voluntary and unbiased review.