"London (England)" . . "Great Britain" . . "Historical" . . "Regency" . . "Roman sentimental." . . "FICTION / Romance / General" . . "FICTION / Romance / Historical / General." . . . . "A seductive beauty turns the tables on a gentleman gaming for the guiltiest of pleasures in this rich and sensual Regency romance from beloved newcomer Cecilia Grant. ? Lydia Slaughter understands the games men play?both in and out of the bedroom. Not afraid to bend the rules to suit her needs, she fleeces Will Blackshear outright. The Waterloo hero had his own daring agenda for the gaming tables of London?s gentlemen?s clubs. But now he antes up for a wager of wits and desire with Lydia, the streetwise temptress who keeps him at arm?s length. ? A kept woman in desperate straits, Lydia has a sharp mind and a head for numbers. She gambles on the sly, hoping to win enough to claim her independence. An alliance with Will at the tables may be a winning proposition for them both. But the arrangement involves dicey odds with rising stakes, sweetened with unspoken promise of fleshly delights. And any sleight of hand could find their hearts betting on something neither can afford to risk: love.From the Paperback edition." . "Das Versprechen der Kurtisane Roman" . . "Lydia Slaughter, a kept woman in dire straits, is hoping to win enough money to claim her independence by gambling but when she fleeces Will Blackshear he decides he wants something else in return." . . . . . . . . . "Romance fiction" . "Erotic fiction" . "Love stories"@en . "Regency fiction" . "Regency fiction"@en . . "Electronic books" . "A gentleman undone, 2"@en . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . . "Historical fiction" . "Historical fiction"@en . "A kept woman in dire straits, Lydia, who has a sharp mind and a head for numbers, secretly gambles in hopes of winning her independence, but when she forms an alliance with Will Blackshear, who has his own daring agenda, all bets are off as passion flares between them." . "A kept woman in dire straits, Lydia, who has a sharp mind and a head for numbers, secretly gambles in hopes of winning her independence, but when she forms an alliance with Will Blackshear, who has his own daring agenda, all bets are off as passion flares between them."@en . . . . . . . . "A gentleman undone"@en . "A gentleman undone" . . . . . "History"@en . . "Erzählende Literatur" . "Dame de coeur, atout pique" . . . . . . . .