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    An Indecent Wager
    An Indecent Wager
    An Indecent Wager
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    An Indecent Wager

    By Georgette Brown

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    For debt-ridden Deana Herwood, losing a hand of cards to the wealthy Lord Rockwell was bad enough. To settler her loss, she must offer her body to him for one night of pleasure.

    When she expresses her reservations, he offers an even more outrageous proposition. Can she win the wager or will her body succumb to the wicked attentions of Lord Rockwell?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorgette Brown
    Release dateJun 24, 2017
    ISBN9781370618613
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      An Indecent Wager - Georgette Brown

      AN INDECENT WAGER

      By Georgette Brown

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      AN INDECENT WAGER

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      Chapter One

      DEANA COULD MUSTER NO OATH strong enough to reflect the dismay she felt when Lord Halsten Rockwell revealed his ace and queen. She glanced at her own cards, a king and a ten, to ascertain she had indeed lost. How was it possible? Rockwell had been losing all night.

      You owe me fifty pounds, Miss Herwood, Lord Rockwell stated placidly as he collected the winnings in the middle of the table. It included a chit signed in her own hand.

      She suppressed a glower, for she would not be dubbed bitter in defeat. It was evident from his immaculate dress—a perfectly tied cravat, a waistcoat sewn from the finest silk and a coat cut to fit his broad shoulders in tight embrace—that Rockwell had not her situation and was not in dire need of funds. She watched him replace a beautiful onyx ring upon his hand and found herself regarding his rugged fingers. She had never before paid much heed to a man’s hand—or a woman’s for that matter—but his conveyed strength, agility and even gentleness.

      Dismissing the odd warmth that flared in her of a sudden, she glanced about the gaming hell for someone she might harry to lend her fifty quid. But the hour was late, the patrons at her table had left half an hour ago, and many of those remaining had debts themselves to pay. If only she had quit while ahead, but she had derived too much satisfaction from besting a man who possessed all that she did not—wealth, refined features and a quiet assurance that bordered on arrogance.

      I will repay you from my next winnings, she informed Rockwell.

      I have a better repayment option for you, Miss Herwood.

      She raised her brows and waited patiently as he returned his purse to his coat. He looked across the card table at her. His dark-brown eyes reflected either the light of the candelabras or some inner merriment. His stare unsettled her, but not as much as what he said next.

      I would have you in my bed, Miss Herwood. For one night, I will take my pleasure of you, after which, your debt to me will be acquitted in its entirety.

      You would make of me a whore? she asked when she had collected her wits and realized that he did not speak in jest. No one would mistake her family for members of the ton, but

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