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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The con woman and the dissolute Duke

June 21, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

Rosalind “Rose” Sharpe is a con woman, in London looking for her next victims. Posing as as the widow of a man killed in India, her story is that she’s currently low on funds, as her legal counsel are trying to get her inheritance transferred – naturally a complicated and time-consuming process. When she meets the Duke of Avendale, she is immediately drawn to him, knowing that he is rich enough that if she plays her figurative cards correctly, she might never have to swindle […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, Mrs. Julien, The Duke and the Lady in Red, the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. George, Victorian

Malin's CBR7 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, Mrs. Julien, The Duke and the Lady in Red, the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. George, Victorian ·
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  • BlackRaven
    on So close
    It makes me wonder about The Silence of the Wilting Skin. What seems to be the first book.
  • Kyra
    on I think I’m finally ready to quit you
    I've read every other book in the series and I couldn't get through this one at all, it reads like...
  • narfna
    on I think I’m finally ready to quit you
    Interesting. I could not fathom writing about the same characters in the same way for that long.
  • vega-table
    on So close
    Yeah. Hopefully the next book is all polished.
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    on The Maid: this book was not good
    Agree. The mistreatment is more a reflection of her social station and compliant behavior at her job and not because...
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