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Description edit
National bestselling author Liz Carlyle presents her most tempting romance to date -- a sinfully sensual tug-of-war between heavenly desires and earthly delights.... He was a scoundrel, a scamp, and a hopeless skirt-chaser. So it shouldn't have been so surprising when Sir Alasdair awoke... read more
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Characters edit
- Alasdair MacLachlan: A notorious womanizer; the hero of this story; 36 years old
- Esmee Hamilton: The heroine; older sister to Sorcha; 22, fiesty and intelligent; lovely green eyes and brown hair
- Merrick MacLachlan: Younger brother to Alasdair; quiet, smart, expected to become something
- Bliss: The village blacksmith's wife
- Quinten Hewitt: Lord Wynwood and friend to the MacLachlan brothers; tormented by a lost love
- Julia Crosby: Actress and one of Alasdair's mistresses; over 40 and pregnant
- Sorcha: Esmee's little sister (Sorcha Guthrie) and illegitimate daughter of Alasdair; pale blue eyes
- Lady Rowena Tatton: Esmee and Sorcha's aunt; Rosamund's sister; a pillar of society; visited Australia to care for a daughter
- Lady Wynwood: Quin's mother; hoping to get him married
- Wellings: Alasdair's butler
- Lydia: The young maid who eventually helped with Sorcha; one of eight
- Marquis of Devellyn: Dev, Alasdair's friend; recently married to Sidonie, a good friend of Julia's
- Lord Achanalt: Rosamund's fourth husband, stepfather to Sorcha and Esmee
- Angus: Alasdair's uncle from Scotland; a sea captain who'd sailed to the Malay Penninsula
- Rosamund: Esmee's and Sorcha's mother, a great beauty; married four times
- Dr. Reid: The doctor called when Sorcha had an accident
- Granny Macgregor: Often quoted, Alasdair's grandmother
- Edward Wheeler: The father of Julia's child; a playwright
- Lady Gravenel: Devvellyn' mother, a Duchess who lived two doors down from Lady Tatton. She hosted a dinner party and invited Esmee, among others
- Lord Gravenel: Married to Lady Gravenel; in poor health
- Isabel: Countess of Kirton, friend of Lady Gravenel; plump, pleasant dowager who lived in Berkley Square
- Pickens: A maid at Lady Tatton's
- Lord Thorpe: One of the men at Lady Gravenel's party who was introduced to Esmee
- Mister Smathers: Another handsome, foppishly dressed man introduced to Esmee at Lady Gravenel's party
Quotes edit
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“"The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it."”
Granny MacGregor (Alasdair's Grandmother)
Setting & Locations edit
England
- Alasdair's town house: A large house on Great Queen Street in London. The upstairs schoolroom, nursery and attached bedroom were given over to Esmee and Sorcha. All former furnishings (smoking parlor equipment, billiard table and coin collection boxes, etc.) were removed and replaced with ten small chairs, a child's bed and table. An old Pembroke table and two wooden chairs were left.
- Scotland: Alasdair was born in Argyllshire; he left at age 15
- Mayfair: A high-scale area in London, where Lady Tatton's home was, in Grosvenor Square. A good walk from Alasdair's home.
- Edinburgh: Where Alasdair sent a letter to his Uncle Angus regarding Alasdair's new charge.
- St. James Park: Where Alasdair, while crossing the park, met Penelope and her nanny and learned a few things about a young child.
- Bournemouth: Where Esmee was headed in order to take a position as governess.
- Hyde Park: Another place where Alasdair and Esmee too Sorcha for a walk; where there was an accident
First Sentence edit
It was a sweltering afternoon in September when Sir Alasdair MacLachlan very nearly got what his Granny MacGregorhad been promising him for at least the last three decades: his comeuppance.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
12 numbered chapters
Excerpt from another book by Liz Carlyle (title page torn out)
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 7 in MacLachlan Family & Friends. (standard series)
Preceded by The Devil to Pay, and followed by Two Little Lies.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Liz Carlyle (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Piatkus
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Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0749907614
Page Count: 300
Publisher: Piatkus
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0749907614
Page Count: 300
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- Dewey: 813.54
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