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  • 7/27/2019 147325434 Miranda Jarrett Duke s Governess Bride Historic Bookos Org

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    Richard wore only his nightshirt, rumpled and loose, and yetsomehow revealing far more than his usual dress didbecause beneath all that snowy linen he wasnaked.

    The darker shadows beneath the fabric, the way the linen draped over his body, left nodoubt, and Janes cheeks flamed at the realization.

    Hastily, she looked back up to the safer territory of his face. Or perhaps it wasnt. In all thetime shed been in His Graces employment, shed never seen him this disheveled, his hairloose around his face and his jaw roughened with a growth of darker beard, his wholeexpression without its usual reserve and control. It was unsettling, seeing him without hisguard like this, and it made him less like His Grace and more simply like any other man.

    A large, scarcely dressed and surprisingly handsome man that shed just summoned fromhis bed.

    Heavens preserve herwhat had she done?

    * * *

    The Dukes Governess Bride

    Harlequin Historical #324January 2012

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    Praise for Miranda Jarrett

    THE ADVENTUROUS BRIDE

    Jarrett provides readers with a delightful, charming art mystery set in a colorful palette of theFrench countryside, ancient churches and regal Paris. The interesting backdrop and art history

    add that little something different that many readers are searching for.RT Book Reviews

    RAKES WAGER

    [A] romp brimming with Regency style, Jarretts latest cleverly adds a dollop of poignancy bythrowing Richards long-lost son into the mix. The just-right pace and likable characters deliver a

    quick, enjoyable read.RT Book Reviews

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    Other titles by MIRANDA JARRETT available in ebook format:

    Steal the Stars #115*Columbine #144*Spindrift#174Providence #201*Mariahs Prize #227

    *Desire My Love #247*The Sparhawk Bride #292*Sparhawks Angel#315*Gift of the Heart#341*The Secrets of Catie Hazard#363Gifts of the Season #631: A Gift Most RareThe Silver Lord#648The Golden Lord#672Princess of Fortune #721**Rakes Wager#740The Betrothal#749

    A Marriage in Three Acts**The Ladys Hazard#779**The Dukes Gamble #795The Adventurous Bride #828Seduction of an English Beauty#855Christmas Wedding Belles #871: The Sailors BrideThe Dukes Governess Bride #324

    *Sparhawk Family SagaThe Lordly Claremonts**A Penny House Novel

    Grand Adventuresses

    and also from Harlequin

    Christmas Rogues: Bayberry and MistletoeApril Moon: The Devils Own Moon

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    Contents

    Chapter One

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Three

    Chapter Four

    Chapter Five

    Chapter Six

    Chapter Seven

    Chapter Eight

    Chapter Nine

    Chapter TenChapter Eleven

    Chapter Twelve

    Chapter Thirteen

    Chapter Fourteen

    Chapter Fifteen

    Chapter Sixteen

    Chapter Seventeen

    Chapter Eighteen

    Chapter Nineteen

    Chapter Twenty

    Chapter Twenty-One

    Chapter Twenty-Two

    Chapter Twenty-Three

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    ISBN: 9781459219588

    Copyright 2010 by Miranda Jarrett

    All rights reserved. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive,non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this textmay be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in orintroduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means,whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express writtenpermission of publisher, Harlequin Enterprises Limited, 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills,Ontario, Canada M3B 3K9.

    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of theauthors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living ordead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. This edition publishedby arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A.

    and are trademarks of the publisher. Trademarks indicated with are registered in the

    United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Trade Marks Office and in othercountries.

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