Temptation and Surrender (Simon Prebble) - Stephanie Laurens

Simon Prebble, Stephanie Laurens

Category: Adults

Tags: Adults, Historical Fiction, Sex Scenes, Romance

Series: Cynster, book 17 Length: 14hrs 45min Publisher: Recorded Books, 2009, Handsome, wealthy, and wellborn, Jonas Tallent has everything a gentleman needs to enjoy London society to the fullest - and he has. Hes played cards until dawn, flirted with eligible young ladies, and made love to some ineligible ones., But now hes restless and bored with the mindless frivolity and careless pleasure, so its with a sense of relief that he takes up the reins of his familys estate in rural Devon. His most pressing need is to hire a new manager for the inn - the center of village life. Such a small task, yet he discovers few decent applicants are willing to live in a quiet country backwater., Then genteel but impoverished Miss Emily Beauregard applies for the position. Jonass initial response is an emphatic no! Ladies, especially one as attractive as Emily, belong in the ballroom or the bedroom, not running an inn. But with no alternatives, he grudgingly allows Emily to try, and she rapidly prov