title: Seduction: A Novel
author:  Amanda Quick 
description: Townsfolk called him devil. For dark and enigmatic Julian, Earl of Ravenwood, was a man with a legendary temper and a first wife whose mysterious death would not be forgotten. Some said the beautiful Lady Ravenwood had drowned herself in the black, murky waters of Ravenwood Pond. Others whispered of foul play and the devil's wrath.
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  SEDUCTION
  
  Amanda Quick
  
  ONE
  
  Julian Richard Sinclair, Earl of Ravenwood, listened in stunned disbelief as
  his
  
  formal offer of marriage was rejected. On the heels of disbelief came a cold,
  
  controlled anger. Who did the lady think she was, he wondered. Unfortunately,
  he
  
  could not ask her. The lady had chosen to absent herself. Julian's generous
  
  offer was being rejected on her behalf by her obviously uncomfortable
  
  grandfather.
  
  "Devil take it, Ravenwood, I don't like this any better than you do. Thing is,
  
  the girl's not a young chit straight out of the schoolroom," Lord Dorring
  
  explained morosely. "Used to be an amiable little thing. Always eager to
  please.
  
  But she's three and twenty now and during the past few years she seems to have
  
  developed a considerable will of her own. Dashed annoying at times, but there
  it
  
  is. Can't just order her about these days."
  
  "I am aware of her age," Julian said dryly. I was led to believe that because
  of
  
  it she would be a sen