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Serena Reverton was married to a sadist. When he finally dies, she goes home to her brothers and, she hopes, respite. Then she learns she was sold at 15, and her brothers want to sell her again, having already squandered the little she was left by her husband. So she runs away and is rescued during a storm by Lord Middlethorpe. They seek safety in a farmhouse, and she seduces him--the only way she knows to please someone of the opposite sex. He sends her to his aunt but what will happen when it is discovered that she is pregnant? Can she expect a better life than the one she has escaped?

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  • "Serena Reverton was married to a sadist. When he finally dies, she goes home to her brothers and, she hopes, respite. Then she learns she was sold at 15, and her brothers want to sell her again, having already squandered the little she was left by her husband. So she runs away and is rescued during a storm by Lord Middlethorpe. They seek safety in a farmhouse, and she seduces him--the only way she knows to please someone of the opposite sex. He sends her to his aunt but what will happen when it is discovered that she is pregnant? Can she expect a better life than the one she has escaped?"@en
  • "The death of her husband freed Serena Riverton from life as an abused sex-object. Now, her brother plans to sell her to another vile man, but Serena flees, but finds herself stranded and near penniless. When a passing gentleman offers help, Serena accepts, and develops a new plan: become a rich man's mistress so she can leave at any time."@en
  • "Francis, Lord Middlethorpe's life is planned and orderly, including marriage to Lady Anne Peckworth, a rich and suitable lady. But now he is haunted by memories of one passionate night with Serena, the wicked siren who tempted him with pleasures he has never known. Caught between duty and desire, he must choose between his reputation and a love like no other."@en
  • ""The death of her husband has freed Serena Riverton from life as an abused sex-object, but now her brothers plan to force her into another similar marriage. Fleeing, she is helped by Francis, Lord Middlethorpe. A passionate encounter leaves her pregnant, but no keener on marriage than before. He is virtually committed to marrying a sweet-natured lady. They marry anyway, and struggle to make something of their lives amid the disapproval of all around them."--from author's website."
  • ""Finalmente liberada de su cruel y depravado marido, Serena Riverton ha decidido no volver a caer jamás en las redes del matrimonio. Pero, para su desgracia, sus hermanos tienen otros planes para ella. Con el objeto de cubrir sus deudas de juego, han decidido desposarla con un noble rico. Serena huye en medio de una noche tormentosa y termina topándose con lord Francis Middlethorpe, un hombre en apariencia aburrido y completamente inexperimentado en las artes del amor, que ademas esta a punto de casarse con su vecina, lady Anne Peckworth. Intuyendo que este hombre en apariencia pusilanime pero de buen corazon puede ser su salvación, Serena lo seduce. Después de una noche de pasión, ahora Francis está atrapado entre el deseo y lo que la sociedad espera de él. Lo que aún no sabe es que la propia Serena también ha quedado atrapada por la sinceridad y la nobleza de sus sentimientos."--Book jacket."

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  • "Novela histórica"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Milostné romány"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Anglicky psané romány"

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  • "Zakazany owoc"@pl
  • "Zakazany owoc"
  • "Yuwaku no megami ni torawarete"@ja
  • "Verboden passie"
  • "Schastʹe pod zapretom : roman"
  • "Zakázaná láska"
  • "誘惑の女神に囚われて"
  • "Yūwaku no megami ni torawarete"
  • "Forbidden"
  • "Forbidden"@en
  • "Pasión prohibida"@es
  • "Pasión prohibida"

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