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A Touch Wicked

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The Masquerade has only two rules: depart by morning and never reveal your identity.

He is London's most eligible bachelor ...

The Earl of Kent is at the top of every debutante's list for marriage. James is handsome, wealthy, and on the lookout for a bride. When an invitation to the Masquerade—an illicit club where members carry on affairs in complete anonymity—arrives on his doorstep, it seems like a last chance to revel in bachelorhood. But after he meets the mysterious Selene, he gets more than he bargained for.

She is a penniless nobody ...

Emma Dumont has been hopelessly infatuated with Lord Kent for years. There's only one problem: he's her employer. When she overhears his plans to attend the Masquerade, she decides go under the guise of a lady, seduce him, and spend one night in his arms. As it turns out, one night isn't enough.

Their arrangement is supposed to be straightforward: anonymous lovemaking, no attachments. But once Emma comes to know the man beneath the title, she can't help falling in love ...

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 12, 2024
      A woman searches for her missing sister in Kendrick’s riveting fourth Private Arrangements Victorian romance (after A Bride by Morning). After Emma Dumont’s sister, Isabel, disappears, Emma is attacked by a strange man while searching Isabel’s ransacked Paris apartment, but not before she finds a clue to Isabel’s whereabouts: a card reading simply, “The Masquerade, London.” Emma, who, along with Isabel, is an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Southampton, heads to London and blackmails the duke into giving her a glowing reference as a lady’s maid, the ideal vantage point from which to spy on high society. She obtains a position in the household of James, the Earl of Kent. Emma then discovers that the Masquerade is an illicit underground club and disguises herself as a noblewoman to gain entry. In this guise and calling herself Tempest, she runs into James, and mutual attraction leads to a steamy affair. Given the class differences between them, Emma believes pursuing a romance to be unwise, but when her continued search for Isabel lands her in danger, James is determined to protect her. Kendrick’s nuanced portraits of her leads enhance the fast-paced plot. Perfectly balancing romance and intrigue, this is a true page-turner.

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