A Seduction at Christmas (U)

she Never Expected It Would Come To Thisdesperation And An Empty Stomach Forced Fiona Lachlan To Agree To A Plan That Ended Up Luring The Wickedly Notorious Duke Of Holburn Into Trouble. Everything Went Terribly Wrong, And Now She Has Found Herself Posing As His Ward! And While She Swore Nothing Could Make Her Desire A Scoundrel, Even If He Was A Duke, She Is Now Drawing Ever Closer To The One Man She Cannot Have . . .beware Of Innocence!the Duke Of Holburn Had Spent Years Heeding This Warning, And In Doing So, Managed To Avoid The Virginal Young Ladies Who Had Been Put In His Path. But Now His Wild Ways Have Gotten Him Into Real Danger. There Are Killers At The Door And A Temptingly Beautiful Woman In His Arms. He Is About To Find Himself Seduced . . . And He Isn't Quite Sure He Wants To Resist This Time.kristin Ramsdell - Library Journalagreeing To Meet Lord Belkins And Secretly Drug His Wine Seemed Like An Easy Way To Earn 20 And Also Do A Friend A Favor. Fiona Lachlan Arrives At The Inn Only To Be Accosted By Dominic, The Duke Of Holburn, Who Is Expecting Someone Else. They End Up Being Shot At, And She Begins To Wonder What She Has Gotten Herself Into. Then Belkins Is Murdered. Danger Lurks In Unexpected Places In This Innovative, Fast-paced Romance That Takes A Brave, Independent Scottish Lass And A Proud, Persistent Duke, Gives Them A Mystery To Solve, And Lets Them Discover Love In The Process. Complete With Witty Dialog, Sparkling Humor, And Delicious Sensuality And Touched By The Holiday Spirit And A Dash Of Mythological Magic, This Romance Successfully Launches Maxwell's New Scandals And Seductions Series. Maxwell (in The Highlander's Bed) Lives In Virginia.