The Courtesan Duchess (Wicked Deceptions #1)
Joanna Shupe
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
3.55
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 50 ratings · 353 pages · Published: 30 Mar 2015
How to seduce an estranged husband--and banish debt!--in four wickedly improper, shockingly pleasurable steps...
1. Learn the most intimate secrets of London's leading courtesan.
2. Pretend to be a courtesan yourself, using the name Juliet Leighton.
3. Travel to Venice and locate said husband.
4. Seduce husband, conceive an heir, and voila, your future is secure!
For Julia, the Duchess of Colton, such a ruse promises to be foolproof. After all, her husband has not bothered to lay eyes on her in eight years, since their hasty wedding day when she was only sixteen. But what begins as a tempestuous flirtation escalates into full-blown passion--and the feeling is mutual! Could the man the Courtesan Duchess married actually turn out to be the love of her life?
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Tagged as:
- historical 16
- regency 15
- pregnancy 8
- marriage of convenience 7
- virgin heroine 7
- cruel hero/bully 7
- second chances 6
- take-charge heroine 6
- cheating 6
- angst 5
- arranged/forced marriage 5
- tortured hero 5
- possessive hero 5
- other man/woman 5
- rich hero 3
- age gap 3
- m-f romance 3
- betrayal 3
- alpha male 2
- vengeance 2
- third person pov 2
- caretaking 1
- dual pov 1
- abduction 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- dubious consent 5
- slut shaming 3
- past abuse 2
- suicide / ideation 2
- birth-control non-consent 2
- gambling 2
- rape 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- body betrayal 1
- non-consent between mcs 1
- geography
- italy 2
- england 2
- europe 1
- united kingdom 1
- british isles 1
romance tags
The 'Wicked Deceptions' series
3.73 · 111 ratings
tortured hero · historical · regency · m-f · strong heroine · vengeance · independent heroine · suspense · rape-non-mc · possessive hero · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · caretaking
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