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That Scandalous Evening: The Governess Brides Mass market paperbound - 1998
by Christina Dodd
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A statue began the scandal. An innocent miss conceived of it, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, she was sent home in disgrace. A decade has passed and she's back in London. She once made the arrogant rake a laughingstock; so why is he tempted to revive an affair that nearly began on one scandalous evening?
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A Disastrous SeasonA simple statue began the scandal.A Lady ConcealedAn innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, along with Miss Jane Higgenbothem's secret tendre for Lord Blackburn, the ton's gleeful contempt sent the lady back to the country in disgrace.A Gentleman Revealed Now, a decade later, she's back in London, as a chaperone to her beautiful niece. But to Blackburn, Jane's unwitting model, the cool, reticent spinster is still a challenge. She once made the arrogant rake a laughingstock: so why is he tempted to revive an affair that almost began so long ago, on one scandalous evening?
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"Let us hope no one remembers the scandal."
From the rear cover
New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd spins the captivating tale of a nobleman whose path crosses again with the one woman he absolutely cannot resist . . . .
A Disastrous Season
A simple statue began the scandal.
A Lady Concealed
An innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, along with Miss Jane Higgenbothem's secret tendre for Lord Blackburn, the ton's gleeful contempt sent the lady back to the country in disgrace.
A Gentleman Revealed
Now, a decade later, she's back in London, as a chaperone to her beautiful niece. But to Blackburn, Jane's unwitting model, the cool, reticent spinster is still a challenge. She once made the arrogant rake a laughingstock; so why is he tempted to revive an affair that almost began so long ago, on that scandalous evening . . . ?
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- Title That Scandalous Evening: The Governess Brides
- Author Christina Dodd
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Avon Books, Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1998-09-01
- ISBN 9780380790913 / 0380790912
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.04 x 4.16 x 1.08 in (17.88 x 10.57 x 2.74 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Category Fiction - Romance
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Love stories
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011658012
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 07/20/1998, Page 215
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