The Duke
of Dark Desires
The Wild Quartet # 4
The Wild Quartet # 4
By: Miranda Neville
Releasing December 30th, 2014
Avon
Blurb
Wanted: Governess able to keep all hours…
Rebellious Julian Fortescue never expected
to inherit a dukedom, nor to find himself guardian to three young half-sisters.
Now in the market for a governess, he lays eyes on Jane Grey and knows
immediately she is qualified-to become his mistress. Yet the alluring woman
appears impervious to him. Somehow Julian must find a way to make her succumb
to temptation … without losing his heart and revealing the haunting mistakes of
his past.
Desired: Duke skilled in the seductive art
of conversation…
Lady Jeanne de Falleron didn’t seek a position
as a governess simply to fall into bed with the Duke of Denford. Under the
alias of Jane Grey, she must learn which of the duke’s relatives is responsible
for the death of her family-and take her revenge. She certainly can’t afford
the distraction of her darkly irresistible employer, or the smoldering desire
he ignites within her.
But as Jane discovers more clues about the
villain she seeks, she’s faced with a possibility more disturbing than her
growing feelings for Julian: What will she do if the man she loves is also the
man she’s sworn to kill?
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Excerpt:
“Let me make myself plain, Mother—”
He never got the
chance. At that moment, Captain Lowell and the Misses Osbourne arrived and
Julian lost control of events.
“Come in and greet His
Grace, my loves,” his mother said. “Your brother’s become a great man since you
last saw him.”
They stood in a row,
looking nervous. Good. He’d see if he could turn alarm into fright.
“Ladies,” he said,
coming forward the better to loom over them, and staring down the considerable
nose he’d inherited from his father.
Two of them, younger
versions of their mother, curtseyed with reasonable poise. The middle sister,
whom he’d last seen as a tiresome little girl—and tried to ignore—scowled at
him. The image of the late, unlamented Osbourne, she appeared to have inherited
her father’s opinion of her half brother. Good. She might be an ally in foiling
their mother’s plans.
“It’s a joy to see all
my children together under one roof again,” Julia said. She turned to her new
husband with a winning smile. “Did you have the girls’ luggage brought in,
Elijah?”
“What—?”
“You’ll tell your
servants which rooms your sisters are to have, yes, Julian?”
“Mother! You can’t
leave us here,” said the plain sister. What the devil was her name? Fiona? No,
Fenella. “The duke doesn’t want us and we don’t want to stay.”
“Quiet, Fenella.”
Julia turned to her son. “Will you tell your sisters that now you are a duke,
you refuse to care for your own flesh and blood?” She sighed gustily. “It
grieves me you should be an example to my poor girls of the terrible things
that good fortune and high rank can do to a man.”
Julian had forgotten
his mother’s ability to induce guilt like no one he had ever met. His
resentment swelled even as his resolution weakened.
“You father would be
shocked to see you grown so proud,” she said sorrowfully, and he knew he was a
dead man.
Author Info
MIRANDA
NEVILLE grew up in England before moving to New York City to work in Sotheby’s
rare books department. After many years as a journalist and editor, she decided
writing fiction was more fun. She lives in Vermont. She loves hearing from
readers and may be reached through her website.
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