LOST IN TEMPTATION
Lauren Royal
Author's Cut Edition
Novelty Press
LOST IN TEMPTATION by Lauren Royal - Author's Cut Edition
Published by Novelty Books, a division of Novelty Publishers, LLC, 848 N. Rainbow Blvd, Suite 4390, Las Vegas NV 89107
Originally published in paperback by Penguin Putnam Inc.
COPYRIGHT © Lauren Royal 2005, 2012
ISBN 978-1-938907-09-8
8th Edition, March 2015
Cover by Kimberly Killion
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Book Description
More Chase Family Books
A Message from Lauren...
Dedication
Prologue: It was almost like touching him.
1: "Not all of it!" Alexandra Chase made a mad grab...
2: For the first time in seven years, Tristan rode over Cainewood Castle's...
3: "You look lovely, Alexandra."
4: Alexandra sat at her gold-and-white Chippendale dressing table...
5: Alexandra was shocked at Juliana's bold suggestion...
6: "I see," Alexandra said and immediately turned to leave.
7: "Murder?" Alexandra's elbows gave out...
8: Breakfast the next morning was a damned uncomfortable meal.
9: "Lady St. Quentin," Alexandra said that afternoon...
10: Two days later, Griffin woke on the wrong side of the bed.
11: "What's going on here?" Griffin asked a few days later...
12: "That was delicious." In the shade of the large elm...
13: The next month passed in a whirl of preparations for the ball.
14: Tristan's assessment of the drainage problem...
15: Rachael certainly seemed more businesslike than he remembered...
16: "Rachael!" Alexandra and her sisters rushed across the drawing room...
17: The gray day had finally delivered on its promise, and rain pattered...
18: Boniface's pretty face was even prettier with red cheeks.
19: With only a day and a half left before the ball...
20: In contrast to Tristan's mood, the atmosphere in the drawing room...
21: There were no wallflowers at Cainewood Castle's ball.
22: When the elegant supper was all but finished...
23: "What do you think of my son?"
24: Before any servants could arrive to help, Alexandra...
25: Alexandra was having the most extraordinary, most incredible...
26: His thoughts still murky, Tristan watched Alexandra...
27: There was an empty space at the breakfast table.
28: Alexandra sighed as she watch the last of their guests' carriages...
29: "What the devil are you doing up so late?...
30: Tristan could scarcely believe he was a married man.
31: "We're almost home," Alexandra heard softly in her ear.
32: Light supper at Hawkridge turned out to be a three-course meal.
33: Obviously surprised at the question, Alexandra pulled away.
34: Alexandra woke first and watched Tris sleep...
35: An hour later, Alexandra and a large platter of gingerbread cakes...
36: It had started raining around sunset and hadn't let up since.
37: Tristan woke in his study.
38: It took a lot of sugar cakes to feed a village.
39: Tristan arrived home that evening eager to see Alexandra.
40: "Sweet heaven, what is that noise?" Alexandra asked...
41: There were times in a woman's life when she wished she could confer with her sisters.
42: Delicate notes from the harpsichord greeted Tristan...
43: The nightgown was only the first of the scandalous garments...
44: Alexandra lay in her marriage bed, stunned.
45: "Good morning, my lady." Peggy bustled into the bedroom...
46: Clucking her tongue, Peggy placed a glass of water by Alexandra's bedside.
47: All that long afternoon and evening, Alexandra had a lot of time to think.
48: The next day, Alexandra was not good as new.
49: "Peggy thinks Maude is dead," Alexandra told Tristan...
50: When Maude's door closed behind them, Alexandra and Tris...
51: Alexandra was still snug in bed when she heard...
Epilogue: Two weeks later, on the peaceful rise overlooking Griffin's vineyard...
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Regency Chase Family Tree
Excerpt from TEMPTING JULIANA
Contest
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Jewels of Historical Romance
Contact Information
BOOK DESCRIPTION
England, 1815
The eldest of three sisters, Lady Alexandra Chase has always done what was expected of her. But when the man she's loved since her girlhood returns from a long spell abroad, she quite suddenly finds herself hoping the fine lord her brother has picked for her won't propose. She decides that if he does, she'll quite improperly turn him down--that is, until the man of her hopes and dreams informs her he has no intention of marrying her.
The last time Tristan Nesbitt saw Alexandra, he was a common man with no hope of ever wedding the daughter of a marquess. Seven years later, he's now Lord Hawkridge, which should make him eminently suitable for the woman who long ago captured his heart. But a dreadful scandal has tarnished his name in England—a scandal so horrid that marrying Alexandra would ruin not only her flawless reputation but her whole family. For Alexandra's own good, he must fight his relentless desires and stay far away…
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