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Games of Pleasure

Julia Ross 

Berkley Trade Paperback on sale November 1, 2005

ISBN: 0-425-20565-7

Mass market edition on sale April, 2007

ISBN: 978-0-425-20730-7

"Top Pick" Four Plus Stars from Romantic Times

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The Heir to Wyldshay:

Desired, envied, intimidating, only his handful of real friends know him as Ryder: Lord Ryderbourne, heir of the Duke of Blackdown.  Power, wealth, and duty define his life. Yet Ryder's younger brother, Jack, has adventured to the ends of the earth, while Ryder stayed home to take care of the family estates at Wyldshay Castle in Dorset. Why shouldn't Ryder cure his own restlessness by flirting one last time with danger?

The Lady:

She's beautiful, seductive, and almost naked, and someone has cast her adrift in a dinghy.  She's in danger of drowning, when Ryder plunges into the sea to rescue her.  Unfortunately, Miracle Heather doesn't wish to be rescued, especially by the most darkly handsome and eligible bachelor in Regency England.

The Seduction:

Any gentleman would insist on helping a damsel in distress, but Miracle is no ordinary damsel and she's hiding a terrible secret.  Without clothes, she must allow Ryder to wrap her in his cloak and carry her off to a nearby inn.  Yet when he won't let her leave unless she tells him who abandoned her to die, she knows of only one way to distract his insistence on honor: in bed.

Games of Pleasure:

Ryder may be easy enough to seduce, but, alas, duke's sons aren't so easy to abandon! When Miracle escapes him, Ryder comes after her. They make a pact to adventure through England together, traveling on the byways until Heather can find safety. Yet safety is not what awaits them!  Can a man of honor and a lady of the night defeat both their enemies and their own scruples to forge a lasting new way to love?

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Sales Points:

Another beautifully produced Berkley trade paperback.

An award-winning author sometimes compared to Jo Beverley, Dorothy Dunnett, Laura Kinsale, or Mary Jo Putney.

A rich, very sensual Regency-period historical romance.

A story with the depth to appeal to a wide cross-section of readers.

On-sale November 1, 2005

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