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Ashton Burke is a legendary adventurer who has spent the past ten years roaming the globe to forget the girl he left behind. His devil-may-care life is interrupted when he's hired to rescue his brother's kidnapped fiancée from a sultan's harem. Too late, he discovers she is none other than... read more

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Historical Romance. En route to Burma to marry Maximillian Burke, Earl of Dravenwood, Clarinda Cardew's ship is seized by pirates. Abducted by the scurvy sea dogs and transported to Morocco, she's sold into a sultan's harem, prompting the distraught earl to hire his mercenary brother, Captain... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Historical Romance. En route to Burma to marry Maximillian Burke, Earl of Dravenwood, Clarinda Cardew's ship is seized by pirates. Abducted by the scurvy sea dogs and transported to Morocco, she's sold into a sultan's harem, prompting the distraught earl to hire his mercenary brother, Captain Ashton Burke, to rescue his kidnapped fiancée. What the earl doesn't realize is that, thanks to Ashton and Clarinda's longstanding mutual infatuation, her virtue may be in more danger from her rescuer than from her captor.

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  • Clarinda Cardew: A broken-hearted, golden-haired woman with a tenacious spirit.
  • Ashton Burke: Tiger-eyes and a lust for adventure, younger of the Burke brothers (his older brother, Max, is heir to the dukedom).
  • Maximillian Burke: Oldest Burke brother, heir to the dukedom, captain in the East India Trading Company, unflaggingly moral and upstanding.
  • Farouk: exceptionally wealthy sultan
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'Oh, Clarinda!'

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This is book 1 of 2 in Pleasure of Your Kiss. (standard series)

Followed by The Temptation of Your Touch.

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  1. Teresa Medeiros (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Star
Country: USA
Publication Date: December 2011
ISBN: 9781439157893
Page Count: 384

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