A Summer to Remember: A Bedwyn Family NovelRandom House Publishing Group, 4 mar 2003 - 384 páginas BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Mary Balogh's The Secret Mistress. “Matchless storyteller”(Romantic Times) Mary Balogh weaves a tantalizing web of wit and seduction in her new novel—an irresistible tale of two unlikely lovers and one unforgettable summer. Kit Butler is cool, dangerous, one of London’s mostinfamous bachelors—marriage is the last thing on his mind. But Kit’s family has other plans. Desperate to thwart his father’s matchmaking, Kit needs a bride...fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth. A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks fly—and a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kit’s intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectly—until Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. A summer to remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his...for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives? |
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... moment was having much the worst of the encounter . He had an as- sailant clamped on each arm while the third pummeled him with hearty enthusiasm in the stomach . " Scandalous ! " the marquess declared again , while all about him ...
... moment was having much the worst of the encounter . He had an as- sailant clamped on each arm while the third pummeled him with hearty enthusiasm in the stomach . " Scandalous ! " the marquess declared again , while all about him ...
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... moment he took advantage of the astonishment of the two who held his arms and twisted free of them . He spun around to face them in a half crouch , his arms outstretched , his fingers beckoning . He was grinning . " Come on , you ...
... moment he took advantage of the astonishment of the two who held his arms and twisted free of them . He spun around to face them in a half crouch , his arms outstretched , his fingers beckoning . He was grinning . " Come on , you ...
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... moment , allowing her a view of what was happening in the hollow center of the square .. A shockingly clear view ... moments . He was crouched ready for action and was apparently taunt- ing the other two by beckoning with both hands . 10 ...
... moment , allowing her a view of what was happening in the hollow center of the square .. A shockingly clear view ... moments . He was crouched ready for action and was apparently taunt- ing the other two by beckoning with both hands . 10 ...
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... moment . I wonder why he does not simply ride on by and leave the children to their play . Men can be such foolish creatures , Lauren . Even the slightest disagreement must be settled with fists . " " Elizabeth , " Lauren said , truly ...
... moment . I wonder why he does not simply ride on by and leave the children to their play . Men can be such foolish creatures , Lauren . Even the slightest disagreement must be settled with fists . " " Elizabeth , " Lauren said , truly ...
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... herself , looked back over her shoulder . She had heard a loud cheer a moment before . The fight was over . The crowd had parted along her line of vision , and she could see that the gentleman with the naked torso 12 Mary Balogh.
... herself , looked back over her shoulder . She had heard a loud cheer a moment before . The fight was over . The crowd had parted along her line of vision , and she could see that the gentleman with the naked torso 12 Mary Balogh.
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Sección 17 | 279 |
Sección 18 | 295 |
Sección 19 | 306 |
Sección 20 | 322 |
Sección 9 | 133 |
Sección 10 | 148 |
Sección 11 | 165 |
Sección 12 | 180 |
Sección 21 | 338 |
Sección 22 | 352 |
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afternoon Alvesley asked Aunt Clara ball ballroom Baron Galton barouche beautiful Bedwyn believe betrothed Bewcastle breath bride brother Butler cheeks chuckled close countess course curricle dance door dowager drew Duchess Duke earl Elizabeth eyes face father feel feet felt gazed gentleman going grandmother grinned Gwen hand happy head Hyde Park Kilbourne kissed Kit's knew Lady Freyja Lady Morgan Lady Muir laughed laughter Lauren Edgeworth Lily lips looked Lord Farrington Lord Rannulf Lord Ravensberg Lyngate marriage marry Mary Balogh Merklinger Miss Edgeworth morning mother never Neville Newbury Abbey night park parterres perhaps Portfrey quizzing glass rakehell realized Redfield riding Rotten Row shoulder side smiled softly someone stood stroll suddenly SUMMER TO REMEMBER sure Sydnam tell thing thought told trees turned Vauxhall Vauxhall Gardens Viscount Ravensberg voice walk waltz wedding Wilma woman words young
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Página 359 - I require and charge you both (as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment , when the secrets of all hearts shall be discl os ed), that if either of you know any impediment why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it; for be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled together otherwise than as God's word doth allow, are not joined together by God, neither is their matrimony lawful.
Página 359 - ... that so many as are coupled together otherwise than God's word doth allow, are not joined together by God, neither is their matrimony lawful.
Página 291 - I have not been able to get it out of my head all day. But it will never do to go on so! It is all a parcel of trash and humbug; and I shall not give it another theught...
Página 125 - You asked for adventure," he said, his mouth so close to her ear that she felt the warmth of his breath there. "For passion. In many ways they are interchangeable terms.
Página 129 - I am not going to hurt you. I am not even going to kiss you, in fact. I have changed my mind.
Página 97 - Lord," he said, running the fingers of one hand through his hair and then leaning forward to rest his forearms across his legs.
Página 98 - For the first time she turned her head to look at him. "I believe it would suit me admirably,