The Rake to Rescue Her

The Rake to Rescue Her
Julia Justiss

HE’S NEVER FORGOTTEN HER. BUT CAN HE FORGIVE HER?When Alastair Ransleigh sees Diana, Duchess of Graveston, for the first time since she jilted him, he makes her a shockingly insulting offer… the chance to become his mistress. And, even more shockingly, she accepts!But the widowed Duchess is nothing like the bold, passionate girl Alastair once loved. Years of suffering at the hands of a cruel husband have taken their toll.And as Alastair resolves to save Diana from the damage of the past their chance meeting turns feelings of revenge to thoughts of rescue…Ransleigh Rogues: where these notorious rakes go, scandal always follows…

RANSLEIGH ROGUESWhere these notorious rakes go, scandalalwaysfollows …

Max, Will, Alastair and Dominic Ransleigh—cousins, friends … and the most wickedly attractive men in Regency London. Between war, betrayal and scandal, love has never featured in the Ransleighs’ destinies—until now!

Don’t miss this enthralling quartet from Julia Justiss.

Now follow Alastair’s journey in

THE RAKE TO RESCUE HER

AUTHOR NOTE (#ulink_5e2e8208-49e3-55be-857e-1830738e6112)

Is there anything more satisfying than love the second time around?

When I first envisaged my Ransleigh Rogues I knew that Alastair had suffered a broken heart and, as a poet and dreamer, felt the tragedy more deeply than an ordinary man. When I later envisaged the lady who’d wounded him I realised a love like theirs was once in a lifetime; somehow they had to get back together.

Diana returned Alastair’s love with the same passion. But to safeguard the two men she loved—her father and Alastair—she was forced into marriage, and forbidden to tell Alastair why she’d repudiated him.

Eight years later they meet by chance, after the death of her husband, and Diana takes the opportunity to explain what she did. When she admits to Alastair that there is nothing she can do to make it up to him, he angrily suggests she become his mistress.

Expecting to be rejected, he is amazed when Diana agrees. An affair begun to purge her from his heart soon gives him glimpses into the horrors of her marriage—and makes him determined to free the woman he’s never stopped loving from the demons of the past and protect her from present danger.

For the embattled Diana, stripped of everything and everyone she loved, recovering from her bleak existence is difficult. Under Alastair’s fierce protection she gradually comes to trust and love again.

I hope you will enjoy their journey.

The Rake to Rescue Her

Julia Justiss

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

JULIA JUSTISS wrote her first ideas for Nancy Drew stories in her third-grade notebook, and has been writing ever since. After publishing poetry in college, she turned to novels. Her Regency historicals have won or been placed in contests by the Romance Writers of America, Romantic Times magazine, National Readers’ Choice and Daphne du Maurier. She lives with her husband in Texas. For news and contests visit www.juliajustiss.com (http://www.juliajustiss.com)

To the Evelettes: You’ve hugged me, cried with me, and been there for me every step of the way on the long twilight journey of the last two years. I love you guys!

Contents

Cover (#u18a22424-91e6-5f8d-b015-d0ac544df2b2)

Introduction (#u1962e022-7631-5df2-b5d8-37983c039185)

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Title Page (#u2e54d405-5aad-5ec4-b4d4-711612639c81)

About the Author (#u806161b0-4fbd-56ea-9914-3f0b0a18ef10)

Dedication (#u4b410d01-eb0e-5597-9462-5701abcff13a)

Chapter One (#ulink_dfa2ccaa-dc4a-51ab-b0e3-76a675a2d48c)

Chapter Two (#ulink_caaa406e-c981-534f-90f5-dd483d99731a)

Chapter Three (#ulink_be312f78-1d02-5275-8a0e-6ea622b951de)

Chapter Four (#ulink_0b908937-44a1-54ef-abda-7d577c323557)

Chapter Five (#ulink_353682be-1e91-50e7-9039-dba0287e7cb9)

Chapter Six (#ulink_6c3fdbff-6594-555b-ac1a-4f78f5d7501a)

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Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)