title: Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason
author:  Jessica Warner 
description: Warner evokes a vivid picture of eighteenth-century London, complete with its public hangings and slums that seemed to overflow with gin.<br /><i>The Seattle Times</i><br /><br />Social history at its gimlet-eyed best.<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews (starred review)</i><br /><br />[Jessica Warners] prose is both lively and accessible, and she keeps the narrative moving along.<br /><i>The Washington Post Book World</i><br /><br />Fascinating...a crisp, detailed review of the history of the place and period.<br /><i>Baltimore Sun</i>
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  “All property, I bequeath to Andre Duchard…”
  
  
  As the final words of Virginia Mason’s stepfather’s will are read, the silence
  in the room is deafening. Suddenly, innocent Ginny’s life has shattered. With
  no inheritance, her future—and her family’s—is entirely in the hands of
  enigmatic Frenchman Andre Duchard.
  
  
  Andre is outrageously attractive and everything that Ginny despises in a
  man—arrogant and cynical. But one devastatingly sensual kiss later, virgin
  Ginny is already in over her head! How can she convince Andre she’s not part
  of his inheritance when she so desperately yearns for his complete possession?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “So,” he said. “The polite little girl has spirit. And what else, I wonder?”
  
  
  Andre jerked her forward, his other arm going around her, pulling her against
  him, and as her lips parted in furious protest, his mouth came down hard on
  hers.
  
  
  Ginny couldn’t struggle or cry out. Sh