شیطان عروس می‌گیرد (مجموعه شوالیه‌ها، شماره ۵)

celebrated Storyteller Gaelen Foley Brings Her Craft To New Heights With devil Takes A Bride , The Seductive Tale Of A Man Bent On Revenge And The Beauty Who Teaches Him To Love Again. . . . in The Quiet English Countryside, Far From The Intrigues Of London, Lizzie Carlisle Slowly Mends Her Broken Heart, Devoting Herself To Her New Position As Lady’s Companion To The Dowager Viscountess Strathmore— Until Her Peaceful Life Is Turned Upside Down By A Visit From “devil” Strathmore, The Old Woman’s Untamed Nephew—a Dangerously Handsome Man Whose Wicked Reputation Hides A Tortured Soul. devlin Kimball, Lord Strathmore, Has Spent Years Adventuring On The High Seas, Struggling To Make His Peace With The Tragedy That Claimed The Lives Of His Family. But Now He Has Uncovered The Dark Truth Behind The So-called Accident And Swears Retribution. He Has No Intention Of Taking A Bride—until His Eccentric Aunt’s Will Forces He And Lizzie Together, And Devlin Finds His Path To Vengeance Blocked By The Stubborn But Oh-so-tempting Miss Carlisle. Her Passionate Nature Rivals His Own. But Disillusioned Once By Love, Lizzie Will Accept Nothing Less Than His True Devotion. . . . publishers Weekly lizzie Carlisle, The Heroine Of Foley's Fifth Knight Family Regency (after Lady Of Desire), Possesses A Sly, Stubborn Streak That Quickly Endears Her To The Reader, As Well As To Devlin Devil Strathmore. As A Companion To Elderly Lady Augusta Strathmore, Lizzie Pens A Note To Devil Implying That His Lonely Aunt Is Near Death In Order To Get The Notorious Rake To Visit. Angry At The Deception But Intrigued By Lizzie's Wit And Candor, Devil Tries To Seduce The Bluestocking, But He Forces Himself To Leave When He Realizes That He Could Fall In Love With Her. Love Would Complicate Devil's Plan To Seek Revenge Against The Aristocratic Rogues Who Murdered His Family 12 Years Earlier. The Rogues, All Members Of The Infamous Horse And Chariot Club, Have Almost Accepted Devlin Into Their Group, But When His Aunt Dies, He Finds Himself In A Curious Position: He Must Marry Lizzie To Inherit His Aunt's Vast Fortune. The Gentle Sparring That Ensues Between The Two Is Amusing, And Their Tantalizingly Brief Sexual Interludes Will Stoke Readers' Hunger For More. In This Entertaining, If Somewhat Melodramatic, Tale, Foley Manages To Do What Few Authors Have-write A Truly Sensual Romance, Possessing Depth Of Plot And Character, That Isn't Overburdened By Sex Scenes. Agent, Nancy Yost. (may) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. In the quiet English countryside, far from the intrigues of London, Lizzie Carlisle slowly mends her broken heart, devoting herself to her new position as ladys companion to the Dowager Viscountess Strathmore until her peaceful life is turned upside down by a visit from Devil Strathmore, the old womans untamed nephewa dangerously handsome man whose wicked reputation hides a tortured soul. Devlin Kimball, Lord Strathmore, has spent years adventuring on the high seas, struggling to make his peace with the tragedy that claimed the lives of his family. But now he has uncovered the dark truth behind the so-called accident and swears retribution. He has no intention of taking a brideuntil his eccentric aunts will forces he and Lizzie together, and Devlin finds his path to vengeance blocked by the stubborn but oh-so-tempting Miss Carlisle. Her passionate nature rivals his own. But disillusioned once by love, Lizzie will accept nothing less than his true devotion. ​After Jacinda marries, her best friend and lady's companion, Miss Elizabeth Carlisle, the "honorary" sister of the Knight family, leaves London to become caretaker to an eccentric old dragon lady in Bath. Lady Strathmore takes a liking to the bookish, sensible Lizzie, and hatches a plot to do some matchmaking between her steady young companion and her dark and enigmatic nephew, known as Devil Strathmore. An untamed adventurer who has traveled to the far corners of the world, he is a man haunted by tragedy . . . and bent on revenge. The fanciful cupola-topped pavilion languished in desolation on the frozen marshes south of the Thames, a gaudy ruin, with a gray February sleet blowing against its rusty, fake turrets and boarded-up windows.