The Devil Is a Marquess (Rescued from Ruin #4)
Elisa Braden
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Explicit open door [?]
· 161 ratings · 279 pages · Published: 29 Apr 2016
A walking scandal surviving on little more than wits, whisky, and wicked skills in the bedchamber, Benedict Chatham, the new Marquess of Rutherford, is at the end of his rope. Deeply in debt and down to his last farthing, he must marry nothing short of an absolute fortune, or risk utter ruin.
Must marry for money…
Enter Miss Charlotte Lancaster, unfashionably tall heiress to just such a fortune and a clumsy, redheaded disaster in her five London seasons. While she dreams of leaving England for a life of trade in America, her father schemes to trade her dowry for a title—and Marchioness of Rutherford will do nicely. Charlotte wants her independence, not a husband, and certainly not a disreputable devil who renders her weak and wobbly with a single scorching glance. But she’s a practical sort, and a year with the devil might buy her freedom … provided she can resist his seductive charms. That shouldn’t prove a problem, for he could not possibly want someone like her, and the feeling is mutual. Really. It is.
Love grows in the most unexpected places…
When her father demands a startling price for his daughter’s hand—one year of fidelity and sobriety—Chatham must change his libertine ways … at least temporarily. And when he does, Charlotte begins to see him in a new light—not as the scandalous charmer she married, but as the husband she just might adore.
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Tagged as:
- regency 30
- historical 29
- arranged/forced marriage 29
- virgin heroine 27
- take-charge heroine 23
- possessive hero 23
- tall heroine 22
- marriage of convenience 20
- bad boys 20
- friends to lovers 17
- competent heroine 15
- pregnancy 15
- third person pov 15
- plain heroine 14
- dual pov 14
- rich heroine 14
- independent heroine 13
- forced proximity 11
- tortured hero 11
- grumpy/cold hero 11
- sweet/gentle heroine 9
- m-f romance 9
- slow burn 8
- breeding 8
- cheerful/happy heroine 6
- caretaking 4
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- betrayal 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- substance abuse 15
- alcoholism 12
- past child neglect 11
- suicide / ideation 3
- mental trauma 2
- slut shaming 2
- gambling 1
- animal death 1
- geography
- england 7
- united kingdom 7
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The 'Rescued from Ruin' series
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- The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden Book #2
- Desperately Seeking a Scoundrel by Elisa Braden Book #3
- The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden Book #4
- When a Girl Loves an Earl by Elisa Braden Book #5
- Confessions of a Dangerous Lord by Elisa Braden Book #6
- Anything but a Gentleman by Elisa Braden Book #7
- A Marriage Made in Scandal by Elisa Braden Book #8
dual-pov · historical · regency · virgin heroine · explicit-open-door · third-person-pov · m-f · possessive hero · tortured hero · england · cold hero · competent heroine · united-kingdom · death · strong heroine · sweet heroine · cheerful heroine · british-isles · europe · angst
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