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    Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady
    Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady
    Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady
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    Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady

    By Carole Mortimer

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    Daniel Wycliffe, Earl of Stanford, expected Alice Fortescue to be an obedient and biddable wife, not the vivacious beauty demanding her woo her before sharing his bed! Daniel has no intention on falling for his convenient bride, but he needs to produce an heir soon in order to secure his inheritance. He's certain that she won't be able to resist his seductive charms for long.

    But with Alice determined to accept nothing less than Daniel's love and respect, will he be the one to surrender first?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateMay 1, 2010
    ISBN9781460887011
    Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady
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    Carole Mortimer

    Carole Mortimer was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and seventy books for Harlequin Mills and Boon®. Carole has six sons, Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, ‘I’m happily married to Peter senior; we’re best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.’

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      Convenient Wife, Pleasured Lady - Carole Mortimer

      CHAPTER ONE

      How flattering, my dear, that you were so desperate to see me again that you could not even wait until our wedding tomorrow! The icily disapproving tone of Daniel Wycliffe, earl of Stanford, as he entered the room where Alice Fortesque sat waiting for him, showed, however, that he was neither flattered nor indeed pleased to find her there. At such a late hour too!

      Alice firmly refused to be intimidated by that tone. The hour was not so late when I arrived, my lord… She gave a pointed look toward the ornate ormolu clock on the mantel, which showed the time to be approaching midnight.

      Almost their wedding day, in fact…

      Daniel duly noted the slight rebuke in her tone, his lids hooded as he studied the young woman whom circumstances and expediency had allowed him to choose as his future wife and the mother of the future Wycliffe heirs. The Fortesque family, although members of the ton, admittedly were not major players in that elite circle. But Alice Fortesque’s mother had been a Hammond before her marriage, and the daughter of a duke, and so rendering her own daughter eligible to become the wife of an earl.

      Alice Fortesque also had the benefit of being only nineteen years of age. Young enough, Daniel hoped, to accept the businesslike marriage he offered her in exchange for the privelege of becoming his countess. The accusation in green eyes beneath an abundance of dark, glossy curls did not give the impression those things were at the forefront of Alice Fortesque’s mind at this moment, implying that she would not be as undemanding a wife as Daniel had hoped.

      He raised blond brows. Your brother and stepmother will not be concerned by your absence?

      My family believe me to have been abed these past three hours in excited anticipation of our wedding tomorrow! his bride assured him with scornful dismissal.

      Daniel gave a derisive inclination of his head as he accepted that as from tomorrow this young woman would be at liberty to come and go as she pleased in any of the Wycliffe homes and estates. May I offer you a glass of brandy? He did not wait for Alice’s answer before crossing to the tray of drinks on the large dresser to pour some of the expensively acquired French liquor into two glasses.

      Have you not already drunk enough for one evening, my lord? Alice prompted tartly, well aware of the smell of brandy and cigars he had brought into the room with him. Along with the more heady scent of a lady’s perfume…

      How dare Daniel Wycliffe go to another woman on the eve of their wedding? The fact that he had done so made it even more imperative that Alice talk to him tonight, that she make him aware of her condition for their marriage before that wedding took place!

      Daniel had drawn in a hissing breath at the obviously intended rebuke. Is it not a little unwise of you to attempt to tell me what to do before we are even wed…?

      Her laugh was hard, if not a little cynical for one of such delicate years. I doubt I will be given the opportunity to do so after we are married.

      How right she was, Daniel acknowledged as he strolled across the room to place one of the brandy glasses on the table beside her chair before deliberately taking a sip from his own glass.

      In truth, he had not been in the best of moods even before he arrived home and learned of Alice Fortesque’s presence in his drawing room. He had received a missive from Teresa, his mistress until his betrothal a month ago, begging to see him one last time, so that they might make their goodbyes in a

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