The Lady and the Laird. Nicola Cornick

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       Nicola Cornick's novels have received acclaim the world over

      ‘Cornick is first-class, queen of her game.’

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      ‘A rising star of the Regency arena’

       —Publishers Weekly

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      ‘Historical romance at its very best is written by Nicola Cornick.’

      —Mary Gramlich, The Reading Reviewer

       Acclaim for Nicola's previous books

      ‘Witty banter, lively action and sizzling passion’

      —Library Journal on Undoing of a Lady

      ‘RITA^® Award-nominated Cornick deftly steeps her latest intriguingly complex Regency historical in a beguiling blend of danger and desire.’ —Booklist on Unmasked

      The Lady and the Laird

      Nicola Cornick

      

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      WHISPER OF SCANDAL

       ONE WICKED SIN

       MISTRESS BY MIDNIGHT

       NOTORIOUS

       DESIRED

       FORBIDDEN

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      DECEIVED

       LORD OF SCANDAL

       UNMASKED

       THE CONFESSIONS OF A DUCHESS

       THE SCANDALS OF AN INNOCENT

       THE UNDOING OF A LADY

       DAUNTSEY PARK: THE LAST RAKE IN LONDON

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      Contents

       PROLOGUE

       CHAPTER ONE

       CHAPTER TWO

       CHAPTER THREE

       CHAPTER FOUR

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       CHAPTER TWELVE

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

       CHAPTER NINETEEN

       CHAPTER TWENTY

       CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

       EPILOGUE

       Endpages

      PROLOGUE

      Forres Castle, Scotland, June 1803

      IT WAS A NIGHT made for magic.

      The moon was new that night and the sea was a thread of shining silver. The wind sighed through the pine trees and there was the scent of salt on its edge.

      “Lucy! Come and watch!”

      Lady Lucy MacMorlan turned over in bed and drew the covers up more closely about her ears. She was warm and cozy and she had no urge to leave the cocoon of the blankets in order to shiver in the draught by the window. Besides, she did not want to join in with her sister Alice in casting a spell. СКАЧАТЬ