title: To Tempt the Devil (A Novel of Lord Hawkesbury's Players)
author:  C. J. Archer 
description: A native of Australia, C. J. Archer has loved history and books for as long as she can remember. She worked as a librarian and technical writer until she was able to channel her twin loves by writing historical fiction. She has won and placed in numerous romance writing contests, including taking home RWAustralias Emerald Award in 2008 for the manuscript that would become her novel Honor Bound. Under the name Carolyn Scott, she has published contemporary short stories in several womens magazines, including Take a Break, Womens Day, and Thats Life. After spending her early childhood surrounded by the dramatic beauty of outback Queensland, she lives today in suburban Melbourne with her husband and their two children.
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  A NOVEL OF LORD HAWKESBURY’S PLAYERS  
    
  
  C. J. ARCHER
  
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  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
  similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended
  by the author.  
    
  
  Text copyright ©2012 by C. J. Archer.
  
  All rights reserved.  
    
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.  
    
  
  Published by Montlake Romance
  
  P.O. Box 400818
  
  Las Vegas, NV 89140  
    
  
  ISBN-13: 9781612183169
  
  ISBN-10: 1612183166
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Chapter 1](index_split_004.html#filepos3699)
  
  [Chapter 2](index_split_005.html#filepos40313)
  
  [Chapter 3](index_split_006.html#filepos69585)
  
  [Chapter 4](index_split_007.html#filepos91508)
  
  [Chapter 5](index_split_008.html#f