title: A Duke's Temptation: The Bridal Pleasures Series
author:  Jillian Hunter 
description: *Starred Review* One night of fun before Lily Boscastle and her dear friend Jonathan Grace announce their engagement. That is all Lily wants, and it is exactly what she gets when she attends the literary masquerade hosted by Lord Philbert. Surrounded by readers and writers, Lily is in literary heaven, especially because rumor has it that the infamous Lord Anonymous, author of the best-selling Wickbury novels, might be at the event. While Lily doesnt ever find her favorite author, she does indulge in a bit of harmless flirting with notorious rake Samuel Charles Aubrey St. Aldwyn, Duke of Gravenhurst. One kiss and Lily almost forgets she is almost engaged to Jonathan, which has Samuel wondering just what Lily might do if she ever discovers Samuel and Lord Anonymous are one in the same person. A sinfully sexy hero with a secret, a book-obsessed heroine in search of her own happy-ever-after ending, a delightfully clever plot that takes great fun in spoofing the literary world, and writing that sparkles with wicked wit and exquisite sensuality add up to an exceptionally entertaining read worthy of Lord Anonymous himself. --John Charles
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  A lady in the ballroom…a lover in the bedroom.
  
  The Ladies Book of Pleasures, Book 2
  
  When Lady Jacinda unwraps a scandalous birthday gift, she’s sure the anonymous
  giver is playing a cruel joke. The Ladies Book of Pleasures may be responsible
  for one gossiped-about marriage, but for a lady ruined by a rogue and shunned
  by society, Jacinda is doomed to a lonely, loveless future.
  
  Worse, as she pages through the volume of passionate promises, she is observed
  by the wicked and dangerous Duke of Carnthorn—and now he is stalking her as a
  possible willing victim of his shocking preferences.
  
  Jason, Earl of Northfield, is having none of it. Jacinda, keeper of his most
  painful secret, is a friend he will not abandon to a wolf like Carnthorn. As
  they embark on a pretend courtship—for her own protection, of course—their
  proper decorum in public melts into wicked passion in the bedroom.
  
  But even as real feelings begin to develop between them, Carnthorn is
  watching. He is not c