title: Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
author:  Leslie Carroll 
description: <b>Praise for Leslie Carrolls Royal Books </b><br /><br />An irresistible combination of <i>People </i>magazine and the History Channel.<i>Chicago Tribune</i> (5 Stars)<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyable.<i>Booklist </i><br /><br />For those who tackled Hilary Mantels <i>Wolf Hall</i>, and cant get enough of the scandal surrounding Henry VIIIs wives, [<i>Notorious Royal Marriages</i> is] the perfect companion book.NewYorker.com
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  ASHTON BEDEVERE: RENOWNED LIBERTINE WHO
  
  CAN RUIN A REPUTATION QUICKER THAN OTHER
  
  GENTLEMEN CAN DRINK THEIR BRANDY
  
  After years in Italy, honing his skills in the delicious art of seduction,
  Ashe returns to London’s high-class establishments—preceded, of course, by his
  reputation for lavish opulence and unashamed wickedness.
  
  Then his scandalous ways are abruptly ended by his father’s death. To claim
  what is rightfully his, notorious lothario Ashe must do the inconceivable—take
  a wife!
  
  But who could possibly even think about marrying such a man? Certainly not the
  lovely Genevra Ralston. After all, she’d be finished in polite society.
  Wouldn’t she?
  
  Yet Ashe’s notorious charm and practiced touch could prove irresistible....
  
  “I am not looking to make a marriage.” She might as well be clear on that
  matter with Ashe from the beginning.
  
  “Not tonight anyway.” Ashe laughed at her defiance. “That doesn’t mean we
  can’t explore other interesting avenu