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    One Wicked Kiss: Bluestockings Defying Rogues, #3
    One Wicked Kiss: Bluestockings Defying Rogues, #3
    One Wicked Kiss: Bluestockings Defying Rogues, #3
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    One Wicked Kiss: Bluestockings Defying Rogues, #3

    By Dawn Brower

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    Some beginnings are bittersweet

    In 1814 Lucas Carter, the Earl of Darcy rescues Miss Natalia Benson during a snowstorm, and experiences love at first sight. But she's running from an arranged marriage to an evil man and doesn't want to inflict her problems on to him. 

    Can they overcome the danger or will their fledgling love unravel before it has a chance to take root.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonarchal Glenn Press
    Release dateJan 8, 2019
    ISBN9781386321309
    One Wicked Kiss: Bluestockings Defying Rogues, #3

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      Book preview

      One Wicked Kiss - Dawn Brower

      One Wicked Kiss

      There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

      ––The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Preface

      Excerpt: Earl In Trouble

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Afterword

      About The Author

      Also by Dawn Brower

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      One Wicked Kiss Copyright 2019 © Dawn Brower

      Cover Artist and Edits Victoria Miller

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

      One Wicked Kiss

      Dawn Brower

      Monarchal Glenn Press

      For everyone that believes in love at first sight… Some are lucky enough to find the one person we can always count on. This is for all of you fortunate individuals blessed with the love of you life.

      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to Elizabeth Evans—as always your support and dedication means a lot to me. I am glad that you are in my corner and willing to read everything I write. You’re the best and no mere words can fully describe how much I appreciate all you do for me.

      Chapter 1

      December 1814

      Light snowflakes fluttered from the brilliant blue sky and blanketed the ground in unending white. Miss Natalia Benson stared at them as they fell from the library window. Her father was enclosed in his study with Louis Fornier, Comte Foix. A man she disliked and feared—he’d gotten a little too close to her a few times and made her uncomfortable. She wished her father wouldn’t do business with him and Natalia didn’t quite understand why he thought the comte could help. Yes, the man’s wealth was well known in France; however, he had a shadowy side. As black as his hair and cobalt eyes—that sometimes appeared as dark as a raven’s feathers.

      Viscount Atherton was her father. He made no secret that Natalia had been born on the wrong side of the blanket. If her mother hadn’t died giving birth to her he might not have bothered to claim her at all. Viscountess Atherton’s apathy toward her was a mixture of distain and aloofness. Natalia had been raised by nannies and then a governess. They hadn’t bothered to send her to a finishing school. She doubted her father had set aside a dowry for her either. Her fate was unknown, and at ten and eight she’d have to discern what to do with her life. Marriage would be far down the list. She had no suitors and no prospects along with no reputation to hold on to—her father would never acknowledge her because of the status of her birth. In truth she was lucky he’d bothered to educate her at all.

      Comte Foix stared at her in such a licentious way she believed his intentions toward her were untoward. That was another reason she was nervous about her father’s meeting with him. If it had to do with her… She would have to run away and never look back. Maybe she should start preparing for that inevitability. She doubted the comte would offer marriage—not that it would make much difference to her. Natalia wanted nothing to do with the man.

      Miss Natalia, a maid called out to her. Your father asked me to retrieve you. He has something to discuss with you.

      Is Comte Foix still here? Please say no… Her apprehension rose with the maid’s arrival. None of the staff had ever been particularly nice to her. She wasn’t a true heir and didn’t afford any sort of recognition. They treated her barely above a servant. This maid didn’t even meet her gaze.

      I wouldn’t presume to know, the maid answered, then promptly left. Natalia glared at her departing back. She was so tired of being treated as unworthy.

      She took a deep breath and prepared herself for the upcoming meeting. As a rule her father ignored her. If he wanted to speak with her that didn’t bode well for her future. The viscount provided for her and had even given her gifts over the years. She had a nice string of pearls and a locket with her mother’s miniature inside of it. Natalia stared at it often and thought perhaps she resembled her mother. She had sable tresses—the same shade as Natalia’s. She even had similarly colored eyes—light green. Natalia liked that she didn’t seem to

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