Les femmes au pouvoir !
Féministe, lady Lucinda est considérée à Londres comme une provocatrice et une dévergondée. Mais elle s'en moque, car elle vient d'acquérir l'une des principales maisons d'édition de la ville. Une arme redoutable pour diffuser ses revendications et préparer un coup d'éclat contre le Parlement. Or, elle découvre qu'une partie du capital est détenue par son ennemi de toujours, le sulfureux lord Ballentine. Bon prince, celui-ci accepte de lui céder sa part. Toutefois, sa générosité a un prix:une nuit avec elle. Le mufle!
1879. Brillante mais sans le sou, Annabelle a été admise à l'université d'Oxford grâce à une bourse offerte par une ligue de suffragettes. En contrepartie, elle doit rallier à leur cause le duc de Montgomery. Une véritable gageure. Soutien des conservateurs, Sebastian a une vision archaïque de la gent féminine. Pour autant, Annabelle ne s'attendait pas qu'il lui demande d'être sa maîtresse. Elle s'en étouffe d'indignation.
Comment ose-t-il ? Femme libre et indépendante, elle ne risque pas d'accepter pareille proposition ! Mais c'est oublier un peu vite que ce redoutable séducteur possède un charme irrésistible...
A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford Rebels in which a fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a love story that threatens to upend the British social order. England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for. Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring...or could he? Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke....
'' Evie Dunmore has done it again! A must-read for historical romance lovers '' Chanel Cleeton '' Dunmore creates pure magic with this charming, romantic novel '' Jennifer Probst Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one''s unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do? London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted "just" three things in life: 1. Acclaim as an artist. 2. A noble cause. 3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the gentle in gentleman. Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain''s peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she''s stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions.... When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie might be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old revenge, he has no room for his new wife''s apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her. But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything-as long as she is prepared to lose her heart. Why readers love Evie Dunmore . . . '' Evie Dunmore is a phenomenon! '' Anna Campbell '' Swoonworthy romance '' Eva Leigh '' Dazzles and reminds us all why we fell in love with historical romance '' Julia London '' Simply superb! Evie Dunmore will wow you '' Gaelen Foley '' Evie Dunmore is a marvellous , fresh new voice in romance who is sure to go far '' Anna Campbell '' A swoonworthy romance fuelled by electric chemistry '' Chanel Cleeton
A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution - but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plans . . . and her heart. Lady Lucie is fuming. She and her band of Oxford suffragists have finally scraped together enough capital to control one of London's major publishing houses, with one purpose: to use it in a coup against Parliament. But who could have predicted that the one person standing between her and success is her old nemesis and London's undisputed lord of sin, Lord Ballentine? Or that he would be willing to hand over the reins for an outrageous price - a night in her bed. Lucie tempts Tristan like no other woman, burning him up with her fierceness and determination every time they clash. But as their battle of wills and words fans the flames of long-smouldering devotion, the silver-tongued seducer runs the risk of becoming caught in his own snare. As Lucie tries to out-manoeuvre Tristan in the boardroom and the bedchamber, she soon discovers there's truth in what the poets say: all is fair in love and war . . . Praise for Bringing Down the Duke 'Evie Dunmore's debut is a marvel . . . a witty, richly detailed, historically significant, and achingly romantic celebration of the power of love and the passionate fight for women's rights' CHANEL CLEETON, bestselling author of Next Year in Havana 'Dazzles and reminds us all why we fell in love with historical romance' JULIA LONDON, New York Times bestselling author of Seduced by a Scot 'Simply superb! Evie Dunmore will wow you' GAELEN FOLEY, New York Times bestselling author of Duke of Storm 'Bringing Down the Duke is the best historical romance I've read all year . . . Evie Dunmore is a marvellous, fresh new voice in romance who is sure to go far. Don't miss her brilliant debut!' ANNA CAMPBELL, bestselling author of the Dashing Widows series 'Evie Dunmore's Bringing Down the Duke delivers the best of two worlds - a steamy romance coupled with the heft of a meticulously researched historical novel . . . Readers will be entranced' RENEE ROSEN, author of Park Avenue Summer
'I have read the future of historical romance, and it's Evie Dunmore' EVA LEIGH, author of Dare to Love a Duke _________________ A fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a love story that threatens to upend the British social order . . . England, 1879. Annabelle Archer , the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge- recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target - Sebastian Devereux , the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge- not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for. Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring...or could he? Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke... _________________ Praise for Bringing Down the Duke 'Evie Dunmore's debut is a marvel . . . a witty, richly detailed , historically significant, and achingly romantic celebration of the power of love and the passionate fight for women's rights' CHANEL CLEETON, bestselling author of Next Year in Havana ' D azzles and reminds us all why we fell in love with historical romance ' JULIA LONDON, New York Times bestselling author of Seduced by a Scot 'Simply superb! Evie Dunmore will wow you ' GAELEN FOLEY, New York Times bestselling author of Duke of Storm ' Bringing Down the Duke is the best historical romance I've read all year. . . . Evie Dunmore is a marvellous, fresh new voice in romance who is sure to go far. Don't miss her brilliant debut!' ANNA CAMPBELL, bestselling author of the Dashing Widows series 'Evie Dunmore's Bringing Down the Duke delivers the best of two worlds - a steamy romance coupled with the heft of a meticulously researched historical novel... Readers will be entranced ' RENEE ROSEN, author of Park Avenue Summer
A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution--but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plansand her heart. Lady Lucie is fuming. She and her band of Oxford suffragists have finally scraped together enough capital to control one of Londons major publishing houses, with one purpose: to use it in a coup against Parliament. But who could have predicted that the one person standing between her and success is her old nemesis and Londons undisputed lord of sin, Lord Ballentine? Or that he would be willing to hand over the reins for an outrageous price--a night in her bed. Lucie tempts Tristan like no other woman, burning him up with her fierceness and determination every time they clash. But as their battle of wills and words fans the flames of long-smoldering devotion, the silver-tongued seducer runs the risk of becoming caught in his own snare. As Lucie tries to out-maneuver Tristan in the boardroom and the bedchamber, she soon discovers theres truth in what the poets say: all is fair in love and war