Earl of Dryden by Tammy Andresen
A dangerous lord and a desperate debutante…
The Earl of Dryden knows all about the debutante who refuses to speak a word to anyone but he never expected she’d be so lovely, nor did he anticipate that he’d catch her confiding her secrets to a marble statue. Even more surprising, he wants to help her. Which is a mistake. A man like him shouldn’t go anywhere near a woman as lovely as Miss Chloe Finch. She’s too alluring by half and his soul holds real darkness, the kind that would swallow such a lovely creature whole.
Miss Chloe Finch is in grave need of a hero. But when The Earl of Dryden offers his assistance from behind a statue while she is attending a ball, she is well aware she shouldn’t accept. His darkly handsome looks make him look more like a pirate than a lord and his reputation is even worse. Still, she can’t deny the heat that scorches her skin with a single sweep of his mysterious gaze. Nor can she deny that despite everything inside her screaming that she shouldn’t trust him, a tiny bit of her is tempted. So very tempted.
- File Name:earl-of-dryden-by-tammy-andresen.epub
- Original Title:Earl of Dryden: Chronicles of a Bluestocking/Wicked Earls’ Club
- Creator:Tammy Andresen
- Language:en
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Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Contents
- 5. Chapter 1
- 6. Chapter 2
- 7. Chapter 3
- 8. Chapter 4
- 9. Chapter 5
- 10. Chapter 6
- 11. Chapter 7
- 12. Chapter 8
- 13. Chapter 9
- 14. Chapter 10
- 15. Chapter 11
- 16. Chapter 12
- 17. Chapter 13
- 18. Chapter 14
- 19. Chapter 15
- 20. Chapter 16
- 21. Untitled
- 22. Too Wicked to Woo
- 23. About the Author
- 24. Other Titles by Tammy Andresen
Earl of Dryden, book 14 of the Wicked Earls' Club series, was about Fenton "Fin", Earl of Dryden, a man who had been to the gates of hell and back, pulling himself up out of a darkness that nearly killed him, and Chloe Finch, the debutante everyone considered a mute because she never to spoke a word to anyone at events. She did speak to her aunt and a few friends, though. While attending a ball Fin heard Chloe speak, albeit to a statue, and asked her to dance. Once the dance was over, he learned the truth behind her refusal to talk and how other men of the ton mistreated her. There was a good deal of angst and drama, a touch of humor and chemistry between the two main characters. They each stood up for the other when faced with criticism from other members of the ton. Chloe defended Fin publicly, which angered her aunt, with whom she resided, and was punished for it. When Fin learned of what happened, he proposed to Chloe, vowing that she would never again live with her aunt. There's not a whole lot to say about this particular story that wouldn't give it away, so I'll just say it was a well-written love story and it definitely earned a place with the other Keeper for the Shelves books.
Really pleasant book with sensible and courageous heroine and a tortured by demons but not lacking in common sense hero. A rare gem as opposed to the trash written as historical romances nowadays.