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The Devil Takes a Bride

Cabot Sisters Series, Book 2

#2 in series

Audiobook
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1 of 1 copy available

Witness a plan born of desperation and altered by passion in New York Times bestselling author Julia London's classic, The Devil Takes a Bride.

Once the toast of society, Grace Cabot and her sisters now await the shame of losing high status and fine luxuries upon the death of the Earl of Beckington. The dire circumstances are inevitable unless, of course, Grace's wicked plot to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage goes off without a single hitch. But once a stolen embrace with the wrong man leads her to be discovered in the arms of Jeffrey, the Earl of Merryton, her plan takes a most unexpected—and scorching—twist.

Governed by routine and ruled by duty, Jeffrey had no desire for a wife before he succumbed to Grace's temptation. Though his golden-haired, in-name-only bride is the definition of disorder, he can't resist wanting her in every way. But once her secrets meet his, society might consider their lives to be ruined beyond repair ... while Jeffrey might just see it as a new beginning.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Rosalyn Landor continues this series in proper style, bringing her pitch-perfect accent and arch humor to a story of love, seduction, and scandal. She admirably conveys Grace Cabot's fear of losing her status, fortune, and family upon the death of the Earl of Beckington, as well as her breathless decision to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage. But that plan backfires completely when Grace realizes that the man she has embraced is the surly and dangerous Jeffrey, Earl of Merryton. Though Landor's male characters sound a bit stuffy, she conveys Jeffrey's inner struggles and desires with sympathy, helping this unlikely romance blossom into a story that listeners will savor. B.E.K. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 23, 2014
      Propriety, perfection, and order must yield both to practicality and chaos in the face of the Cabot sisters (introduced in The Trouble with Honor), London’s free-spirited, well-intentioned, and irrepressibly exuberant bad girls of high society. Second sister Grace, hoping to arrange her own marriage before her mother’s madness becomes common knowledge, tries to lure the attractive Lord Amherst into a compromising situation, but mistakenly catches his taciturn brother, Jeffrey Donovan, Lord of Merryton. Isolated at a sparse, regimented estate with a husband who barely speaks to her, faces away from her when they are intimate, and has a strange obsession with the number eight, Grace puts her energies toward flowers, unruly puppies, and figuring out Jeffrey’s secrets while earning his trust. London’s writing bubbles with high emotion as she describes sexual enthusiasm, personal grief, and familial warmth. Her blend of playful humor and sincerity imbues her heroines with incredible appeal, and readers will delight as their unconventional tactics create rambling paths to happiness.

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