A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, 2)Bridgerton goes Gothic in this sweeping Regency romance by celebrated author KJ Charles. Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on the edge of the infamous Romney Marsh. There he's beset on all sides, his position contested both by his greedy uncle and by Luke Doomsday, son of a notorious smuggling clan. The earl and the smuggler should be natural enemies, but cocksure, enragingly competent

she finds herself falling hard and letting down her guard

The raging fire lit inside her by the men she left behind may be Kara's only weapon against a predator intent on breaking her

But Hardy has an extra assignment for her: his ex-girlfriend will be the maid of honor opposite his role as best man

The story ends with a HEA and no cliffhangers

And just like that

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the cruel Witch Queen turns Aina’s every waking moment into a living nightmare

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works to sell her own book too

she jumps at the chance to offer a solution

brutal and unforgiving: She will never be worthy of a kingdom or a prince

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