
Pleasure for Pleasure
Eloisa James
Essex Sisters #4
A scandalous kiss forces a witty wallflower into marriage with a rakehell she never wanted.
Description
Fueled by the knowledge that notoriety is better than failure, witty, unconventional Josie does what no proper young lady should--she challenges fate. She discards her corset and flirts outrageously. She attends the horse races and allows an arrogant rakehell to whisk her behind the stables for a surreptitious kiss . . . and is caught!She doesn't want to marry the young hellion--but who's to help? Her chaperone keeps disappearing for mysterious appointments; her guardian is on his wedding trip; and his friend the Earl of Mayne is too busy staring into the eyes of his exquisite French fiancée.Can a marriage forced by stuffy convention and unwilling desire become the match of the season?
Essex Sisters series
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