A Rogue's Temptation
(2021)(The second book in the Secrets of the Pleasure House series)
A Novella by Felicia Greene
Regency London has many churches, but it has many more pleasure houses. Temples to sin and scandal, their perfumed corridors have many stories to tell... and five women are destined to find love thanks to its thoroughly bad influence!
Phoebe Bright is blossoming. Finally free from the severe environment of the church her parents raised her in, she's trying to balance her strong moral compass with her new and growing need for fun and pleasure. While staying at her friend's country estate, she impetuously decides to take part in a masked treasure hunt - and to her horror ends up accidentally kissing her worst enemy.
Laurence Sedgewick is a rake and proud of it. He's spent his adult life cutting a swathe through the ton, married women his specialty, and spends the rest of his time and energy annoying the prim Miss Bright every chance he gets. He's certainly never considered the sensual possibilities of the sharp, sarcastic woman - but after an unplanned kiss in the hedge walk with Miss Bright, he finds himself on the frontier of something both frightening and magnificent.
Over three days of festivities, it's impossible to ignore their sudden, mutual passion. Enemies becoming lovers is hardly unheard of, but it feels so new - and Sedgewick hopes against hope that the attraction will fizzle out in a matter of days. And Phoebe, unused to such intensity of emotion, has to balance her fear with her desire.
Can a disreputable rake with the air of the pleasure house still clinging to him prove himself to a prim and proper lady? And can both of them discover, through delicious trial and error, that they were never really enemies at all?
Lose yourself in this deliciously sensual slice of Regency escapism by Felicia Greene, the queen of quick-read romance novellas. With tortured dukes, teasing heroines and attraction that defies all decorum, these brief but beautiful tales will make any spare hour fly by!
This book is the second standalone in the Secrets of the Pleasure House series, with plenty of faces from Book One popping up. If you like misadventures, forbidden attraction and love that defies all odds, you'll love these quick, steamy Regency reads!
Genre: Historical Romance
Phoebe Bright is blossoming. Finally free from the severe environment of the church her parents raised her in, she's trying to balance her strong moral compass with her new and growing need for fun and pleasure. While staying at her friend's country estate, she impetuously decides to take part in a masked treasure hunt - and to her horror ends up accidentally kissing her worst enemy.
Laurence Sedgewick is a rake and proud of it. He's spent his adult life cutting a swathe through the ton, married women his specialty, and spends the rest of his time and energy annoying the prim Miss Bright every chance he gets. He's certainly never considered the sensual possibilities of the sharp, sarcastic woman - but after an unplanned kiss in the hedge walk with Miss Bright, he finds himself on the frontier of something both frightening and magnificent.
Over three days of festivities, it's impossible to ignore their sudden, mutual passion. Enemies becoming lovers is hardly unheard of, but it feels so new - and Sedgewick hopes against hope that the attraction will fizzle out in a matter of days. And Phoebe, unused to such intensity of emotion, has to balance her fear with her desire.
Can a disreputable rake with the air of the pleasure house still clinging to him prove himself to a prim and proper lady? And can both of them discover, through delicious trial and error, that they were never really enemies at all?
Lose yourself in this deliciously sensual slice of Regency escapism by Felicia Greene, the queen of quick-read romance novellas. With tortured dukes, teasing heroines and attraction that defies all decorum, these brief but beautiful tales will make any spare hour fly by!
This book is the second standalone in the Secrets of the Pleasure House series, with plenty of faces from Book One popping up. If you like misadventures, forbidden attraction and love that defies all odds, you'll love these quick, steamy Regency reads!
Genre: Historical Romance
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