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You\u2019d spend your time consorting with actresses. In other words, living exactly the life you presently do. She released a small sigh. \u2018This fighting between those two harpies and me must be very difficult for you,\u2019 he said, misinterpreting her sigh. She signalled to the footman to serve the baked Alaska and to remove her untouched plate. \u2018And I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be getting rid of the scolding sisters any time soon.\u2019 He looked towards the doors through which they had departed.<\/p>\n

\u2018I imagine right now they\u2019ve got their heads together and are plotting their next move. Or perhaps they\u2019ve gone into the garden to collect some newts\u2019 eyes or frogs\u2019 toes so they can cook up a witch\u2019s brew and curse me back to the hell they believe I came from.\u2019 Despite herself Adelaide gave a small smile at the thought of the sisters dancing around a cauldron and reciting incantations under a full moon. \u2018It\u2019s where they grew up, they still see it as their family home,\u2019 she said, pulling her face into a more serious expression.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I do hope they don\u2019t intend to stay until the court case is settled. I believe such things can take an age and you\u2019re right, their presence is rather upsetting.\u2019 \u2018From the look of all those carriages laden down with trunks, I suspect that is their intention,\u2019 he said, digging his fork into his dessert. Adelaide sighed again. \u2018Perhaps until this is settled Joshua and I could move into the Dowager\u2019s Cottage.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018No, don\u2019t do that,\u2019 he said with surprising force, the dessert fork clattering into the bowl. \u2018Don\u2019t let the spiteful sisters drive you out of your home. You and Joshua have more right to be here than they do.\u2019 He frowned. \u2018Leave it up to me. I know exactly how to drive them away and no newt will have to give up its eyes, or frog surrender its toes in the process.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018So, are you going to tell me this plan?\u2019 she asked, still contemplating what needed to be done to enable her to move to the cottage as quickly as possible. \u2018By morning all will be revealed,\u2019 he said grandly, putting down his fork and waving his arms in the air like a magician about to perform a conjuring trick.<\/p>\n

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Rakes, Rebels and Rogues A new trilogy from Eva Shepherd! Thomas Hayward, Isaac Radcliff and Sebastian Kingsley are friends from boarding school who found they had a lot in common standing up to their fellow pupils from the aristocratic elite! Thomas was labeled \u201cnew money\u201d and shunned because his father was a wealthy industrialist.<\/p>\n

Isaac, the son of a duke and his actress mistress, was considered beneath contempt\u2026 While Sebastian\u2019s family was riddled with scandal! They\u2019ve all formed a deep disdain for the ton as a result, and it will take three special women to restore their faith in love and Society again\u2026<\/p>\n

Look out for all their stories, set in the booming world of Victorian England: Available now Thomas\u2019s story in A Wager to Win the Debutante Isaac\u2019s story in A Widow to Defy the Duke And coming soon Sebastian\u2019s story in A Marriage to Scandalize the Earl 1kitap1.com\/en Author Note A Widow to Defy the Duke is the second book in the Rakes, Rebels and Rogues series and features Adelaide FitzWilliam, a young widow who was forced into a marriage for the sake of her family, and Isaac Radcliff, a man who inherits an unwanted dukedom.<\/p>\n

Isaac grew up thinking he was the illegitimate son of a duke and an actress and having to deal with the prejudices surrounding both his birth and his mother\u2019s profession. A rebel by nature, instead of feeling any shame, he reveled in shocking anyone who tried to belittle him, including his legitimate half sisters and his father\u2019s young third wife, Adelaide. In Victorian times, social stigma still surrounded people who worked in the theater. It was also not uncommon for aristocratic men, such as Isaac\u2019s father, to have an actress as a mistress.<\/p>\n

Even Queen Victoria\u2019s son, the future King Edward, was known to have had affairs with several actresses, the most famous being the celebrated beauty Lillie Langtry. I loved writing this book and delving into the world of the Victorian theater, a world that both intrigued and shocked polite society, and hope you enjoy reading A Widow to Defy the Duke. Isaac\u2019s friend from school Sebastian Kingsley will feature in the third book in the series, with Thomas Hayward making up the trio of rakes, rebels and rogues.<\/p>\n

I love to hear from readers. You can reach me via my Facebook page, Facebook.com\/evashepherdromancewriter, or through my website, evashepherd.com.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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