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Dianthe Lovejoy faces a deadly accusation: she is charged with murdering a courtesan who bears her uncanny likeness. To survive, she must hide from the law and seek refuge with her greatest adversary, Lord Geoffrey Morgan, a notorious rake and gambler. Owing a debt of honor to a relative, Geoffrey reluctantly takes Dianthe in. He plans to deter her by training her in the courtesan arts, hoping such skills will frighten her away. However, as Dianthe learns these wiles, Geoffrey finds himself drawn into her scheme, and their uneasy alliance becomes a tangled dance of seduction and danger.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Gail Ranstrom
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