Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane #3)
Elizabeth Hoyt
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· 131 ratings · 400 pages · Published: 24 Oct 2011
Widowed Silence Hollingbrook is impoverished, lovely, and kind--and nine months ago she made a horrible mistake. She went to a river pirate for help in saving her husband and in the process made a bargain that cost her her marriage. That night wounded her so terribly that she hides in the foundling home she helps run with her brother. Except now that same river pirate is back...and he's asking for her help.
"Charming" Mickey O'Connor is the most ruthless river pirate in London. Devastatingly handsome and fearsomely intelligent, he clawed his way up through London's criminal underworld. Mickey has no use for tender emotions like compassion and love, and he sees people as pawns to be manipulated. And yet he's never been able to forget the naive captain's wife who came to him for help and spent one memorable night in his bed...talking.
When his bastard baby girl was dumped in his lap--her mother having died--Mickey couldn't resist the Machiavellian urge to leave the baby on Silence's doorstep. The baby would be hidden from his enemies and he'd also bind Silence to him by her love for his daughter.
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Tagged as:
- historical 32
- tortured hero 29
- pirate hero 29
- bad boys 28
- enemies to lovers 28
- georgian 28
- alpha male 27
- working class hero 19
- mystery 16
- m-f romance 16
- rich hero 15
- possessive hero 14
- forced proximity 14
- working class heroine 14
- sweet/gentle heroine 14
- single father 14
- tortured heroine 13
- angst 13
- slow burn 13
- poor heroine 12
- abduction 12
- cruel hero/bully 11
- forbidden love 11
- dual pov 11
- third person pov 11
- take-charge heroine 8
- suspense 7
- height difference 4
- grumpy & sunshine 2
- class difference 2
- shy heroine 2
- single mother 2
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- older/mature 1
- found family 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 14
- past child abuse 11
- dubious consent 10
- graphic violence 9
- misogyny 2
- abuse between mcs 2
- geography
- united kingdom 9
- england 9
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The 'Maiden Lane' series
3.92 · 1497 ratings- Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #1
- Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #2
- Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #3
- Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #4
- Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #5
- Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #6
- Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #7
- Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt Book #8
historical · third-person-pov · dual-pov · england · georgian · m-f · mystery · explicit-open-door · competent heroine · suspense · forced proximity · possessive hero · united-kingdom · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · class difference · angst · alpha male · independent heroine · strong heroine
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