title: A Contemptible Affection: A Regency Novella
author:  Ranee S. Clark 
description: I've been writing since I was old enough to grasp a crayon--my grandma even has an early copy of a "book" I made her. I have a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wyoming and will (hopefully) soon be starting a graduate program in English. When I'm not breaking up impromptu UFC fights in the living room or losing miserably to my seven-year-old at Uno, I'm ... well, writing or editing, of course! I'm married to my best friend, and we have two rambunctious but simply amazing little boys.
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  Front Cover ****
  
  **Lord Perfect**
  
   **By**
  
   **Loretta Chase**
  
   **Contents**
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  **Epilogue**
  
   **"THE GODDESS OF REGENCY HISTORICALS HAS RETURNED!"***
  
  " _Lord Perfect_ , the delicious new Regency historical romance from Loretta
  Chase is—well, perfect. Family circumstances send the appallingly well-behaved
  Benedict, Lord Rath-bourne, on a wild chase through the countryside with
  Bathsheba Wingate, the most notorious widow in England. Naturally there can be
  nothing between such a paragon and a woman scorned by society—nothing but
  searing passion, a shocking degree of understanding, and a love that
  transforms them both.
  
  As witty as it is se