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Lance Hemingford a hérité du duché d’Aylesbury à la mort de son frère aîné, disparu d’une manière troublante. Percy aurait été empoisonné. Et Lance, bien sûr, est soupçonné. Le juge de paix en profite pour le faire chanter : il fera clore l’enquête si Lance épouse sa nièce, Marianne. Le jeune homme feint d’accepter, mais il a un plan. Il va enquêter pour démasquer le véritable assassin et pendant ce temps il courtisera officiellement la jeune femme, tout en s’arrangeant pour qu’elle le déteste. Ainsi, pas de danger qu’elle accepte sa demande en mariage.

Il n’avait pas prévu que cette beauté rousse l’enflammerait d’une passion si forte qu’elle lui ferait oublier toute prudence…

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Filled with suspense, seduction, mystery, and passionate love, the unforgettable romance novels of Madeline Hunter have earned critical accolades and captivated readers. Now, in The Charmer, the nationally bestselling author weaves a spellbinding tale of an exiled duchess, a charismatic aristocrat, and a once-in-a-lifetime seduction worth risking everything for...

The Charmer

He'd found her in another man's arms, the very picture of sophisticated debauchery. But Sophia Raughley knew very well that the truth was much different from appearances. What should she make, however, of this commandingly handsome man who'd burst into her Parisian salon demanding that she return with him to England by authority of the king himself? Adrian Burchard had no idea of the painful memories that had driven the beautiful duchess into a self-imposed exile across the sea, but he was clearly not going to take no for an answer. Yet this devastatingly seductive man had a tormenting secret past of his own--and powerful enemies in England that they both shared. As Sophia falls under the spell of his erotic charms, and Adrian finds himself unable to resist her passionate response, they embark together on an irresistibly dangerous affair that will either destroy them both--or prove the one thing that can save them.

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At the order of the king, Adrian Burchard goes to France to fetch beautiful duchess Sophia Raughley from her self-imposed exile from England, becoming involved in a dangerous and passionate affair as powerful enemies seek to destroy them.

Lance Hemingford a hérité du duché d'Aylesbury à la mort de son frère aîné, disparu dans des circonstances troublantes. Percy aurait été empoisonné, chuchote-t-on. Et Lance, bien sûr, est soupçonné. Le juge de paix, qui est son voisin, en profite pour le faire chanter : il fera clore l'enquête si Lance épouse sa nièce Marianne. Le jeune homme feint d'accepter, mais il a un plan : il va enquêter pour démasquer le véritable assassin, et pendant ce temps il courtisera officiellement la jeune femme en s'arrangeant pour qu'elle le déteste. Ainsi, pas de danger qu'elle accepte sa demande en mariage. Il n'avait pas prévu que cette beauté rousse l'enflammerait d'une passion si forte qu’elle lui ferait oublier toute prudence...

Filled with suspense, seduction, mystery, and passionate love, the unforgettable romance novels of Madeline Hunter have earned critical accolades and captivated readers. Now, in The Charmer, the nationally bestselling author weaves a spellbinding tale of an exiled duchess, a charismatic aristocrat, and a once-in-a-lifetime seduction worth risking everything for...

The Charmer

He’d found her in another man’s arms, the very picture of sophisticated debauchery. But Sophia Raughley knew very well that the truth was much different from appearances. What should she make, however, of this commandingly handsome man who’d burst into her Parisian salon demanding that she return with him to England by authority of the king himself? Adrian Burchard had no idea of the painful memories that had driven the beautiful duchess into a self-imposed exile across the sea, but he was clearly not going to take no for an answer. Yet this devastatingly seductive man had a tormenting secret past of his own—and powerful enemies in England that they both shared. As Sophia falls under the spell of his erotic charms, and Adrian finds himself unable to resist her passionate response, they embark together on an irresistibly dangerous affair that will either destroy them both—or prove the one thing that can save them.