title: Taming the Last St. Claire
author:  Carole Mortimer 
description: Carole Mortimer was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and seventy books for Harlequin Mills and Boon. Carole has six sons, Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, Im happily married to Peter senior; were best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.
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  The Rogue's Disgraced Lady
  
  (A book in the Notorious St. Claires series)
  
  [(2009)](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/years/2009.htm)
  
  
  A novel by
  
  [Carole Mortimer ](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/carole-mortimer/)
  
  “Lord St. Claire.” She snapped her indignation as she
  
  
  attempted to pull away from him. “At this moment I can
  
  
  think of nothing I would enjoy more than to see you
  
  consigned to the devil, where you so obviously belong!”
  
  He gave a husky laugh, refusing to release her despite her struggles. “You
  believe my past misdeeds serious enough to send me to the pits of hell?”
  
  “You do not?” Juliet gave him a scornful glance.
  
  “It is a possibility, I suppose,” he conceded. “Drunkenness. Gambling.
  Debauchery. Hmm, it does seem more than a possibility, does it not…?” As he
  lowered his head toward hers, it slowly blocked out the moon overhead.
  
  Juliet became very still as she stared up at him. “What are you doing…?” she
  breathed huskily.
  
  