Contents

Prologue

She led the way up the stairs to her bedroom,…

Chapter 1

Penises. Everywhere.

Chapter 2

The two women giggled like schoolgirls as their gondola made…

Chapter 3

On nights like this Francesca truly appreciated her freedom. She…

Chapter 4

Mr. Cordier’s treatise had been delivered while Francesca was still…

Chapter 5

The dirty truth was, James wasn’t thinking clearly.

Chapter 6

James wasn’t as easily finished with the business as he…

Chapter 7

Monsieur de Magny was not the feeble old man James…

Chapter 8

“You should not have come,” Francesca again told Magny as…

Chapter 9

He was like a cat, Francesca thought. Though they made…

Chapter 10

If one could not obtain the upper hand, the next…

Chapter 11

James was putting puzzle pieces together. He didn’t like the…

Chapter 12

He was kissing her so sweetly: scores of tender kisses…

Chapter 13

James was angry for a hundred reasons: She played a…

Chapter 14

“I hate you,” Francesca said. She was wet and ought…

Chapter 15

James was sure the look on his face was priceless.

Chapter 16

In response to James’s message—not long after his interview with…

Chapter 17

San Giacomo di Rialto, an old but modest little church,…

Chapter 18

She’d fainted because she was not used to running, Francesca…

Epilogue

The scandal surrounding Lord Elphick’s trial proved even more spectacular…


Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Other Books by Loretta Chase

Copyright

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