Scandalous Scions Three - Scandalous Scions, #9.5 - E-book - ePub

The third trio of novels in the beloved historical romance series in one set.  The historical romance series, Scandalous Scions, brings together the members of three great families, to love and play under the gaze of the Victorian era's moralistic, straight-laced society.  Season of Denial  He's a rake, she's not quite a spinster. Life is interesting when they're together, but. When her twin sister, Bridget, betrays Lady Mairin's trust by marrying a man within the Great Family, Mairin determines she will find a suitable husband elsewhere, no matter what.  Iefan Davies, the family rakehell, who has rejected both the family and society, introduces Mairin to the Duke of Gascony, then teaches her to woo the duke. Between seduction lessons, Iefan shows her the world beyond the ton.  Neither considers the other suitable marriage material, for Mairin has a duke in her sights, while Iefan has no intention of curtailing his bachelor ways, although life is certainly interesting when they're together.  Rules of Engagement  They loved each other before she died.
Now she can't remember why. Lady Eleanore Neville, sister to the Duke of Gainford, was thought to have been lost at sea. Miraculously, she was rescued, only now her life is empty of meaning. She reaches for steadily more risqué entertainment and company in an effort to find it.  Cian, Earl of Innesford and the head of the Williams family, whom the Nevilles openly despise, has loved Eleanore for years.
He hovers on the edge of Eleanore's life, helping the Duke curtail the worst of Eleanore's excesses, despite knowing there is no hope of his beloved Ellie ever truly being his.  The delicate balance begins to unravel when Cian discovers a nude portrait of Eleanore in a public gallery and is forced to act.  Degree of Solitude  The man she once loved is now a monster she doesn't know. Catrin and Daniel love each other, but Daniel refused to further their relationship for fear of curtailing Catrin's intellectual and personal freedom, and dooming her to a life of domestic servitude as his wife.  Yet their lives remain entangled.  When Daniel is shot in the face during a family rescue in Algeria, he brutally severs the ties between them and removes himself to a remote village in Pembrokeshire, Wales.  Catrin travels to Wales in a last bid to resolve their differences, but the terrifying man she finds there is not the Daniel she once knew.  This story is part of the Scandalous Scions series: 0.5 Rose of Ebony 1.0 Soul of Sin 2.0 Valor of Love 3.0 Marriage of Lies 3.5 Scandalous Scions I 4.0 Mask of Nobility 5.0 Law of Attraction 6.0 Veil of Honor 6.5 Scandalous Scions II 7.0 Season of Denial 8.0 Rules of Engagement 9.0 Degree of Solitude 9.5 Scandalous Scions III 10.0 Ashes of Pride 11.0 Risk of Ruin 12.0 Year of Folly 13.0 Queen of Hearts 13.5 Scandalous Scions IIII A Sexy Historical Romance