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Seductive Scoundrels Series Books 4-6: A Regency Romance

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by Collette Cameron




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  Title Page

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  WHAT WOULD A DUKE DO?

  What Would a Duke Do?: Prologue

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 1

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 2

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 3

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 4

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 5

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 6

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 7

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 8

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 9

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 10

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 11

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 12

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 13

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 14

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 15

  What Would a Duke Do?: Chapter 16

  What Would a Duke Do?: Epilogue

  WOOED BY A WICKED DUKE

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 1

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 2

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 3

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 4

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 5

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 6

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 7

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 8

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 9

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 10

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 11

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 12

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 13

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Chapter 14

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke: Epilogue

  DUCHESS OF HIS HEART

  Duchess of His Heart: Prologue

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 1

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 2

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 3

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 4

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 5

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 6

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 7

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 8

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 9

  Duchess of His Heart: Chapter 10

  Duchess of His Heart: Epilogue

  SEDUCTIVE SCOUNDRELS SERIES BOOKS 4-6

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  COLLETTE CAMERON

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  Seductive Scoundrels Series Books 4-6

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  Duchess of His Heart

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  The Honorable Rogues™

  A Kiss for a Rogue

  A Bride for a Rogue

  A Rogue’s Scandalous Wish

  To Capture a Rogue’s Heart

  The Rogue and the Wallflower

  A Rose for a Rogue

  Castle Brides Series

  The Viscount’s Vow

  Highlander’s Hope

  The Earl’s Enticement

  Heart of a Highlander (prequel to Highlander’s Hope)

  The Blue Rose Regency Romances: The Culpepper Misses Series

  The Earl and the Spinster

  The Marquis and the Vixen

  The Lord and the Wallflower

  The Buccaneer and the Bluestocking

  The Lieutenant and the Lady

  Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series

  Triumph and Treasure

  Virtue and Valor

  Heartbreak and Honor

  Scandal’s Splendor

  Passion and Plunder

  Seductive Surrender

  A Yuletide Highlander

  Seductive Scoundrels Series

  A Diamond for a Duke

  Only a Duke Would Dare

  A December with a Duke

  What Would a Duke Do?

  Wooed by a Wicked Duke

  Duchess of His Heart

  Never Dance with a Duke

  Earl of Wainthorpe

  Earl of Scarborough

  Coming soon in the series!

  The Debutante and the Duke

  Wedding her Christmas Duke

  How to Win A Duke’s Heart

  Loved by a Dangerous Duke

  When a Duke Loves a Lass

  Heart of a Scot

  To Love a Highland Laird

  To Redeem a Highland Rogue

  To Seduce a Highland Scoundrel

  To Woo a Highland Warrior

  To Enchant a Highland Earl

  To Defy a Highland Duke

  Coming soon in the series!

  To Marry a Highland Marauder

  To Bargain with a Highland Buccaneer

  Boxed Sets

  Lords in Love

  To Love a Reckless Lord

  The Honorable Rogues™ Books 1-3

  The Honorable Rogues™ Books 4-6

  Seductive Scoundrels Series Books 1-3

  Seductive Scoundrels Series Books 4-6

  The Blue Rose Regency Romances- The Culpepper Misses Series 1-5

  WHAT WOULD A DUKE DO?, Book Four

  He’s bent on revenge. She’s his enemy’s granddaughter. He’ll marry her…willing or not.

  Maxwell, the Duke of Pennington is a
man focused on one thing: revenge. He’ll stop at nothing to achieve his goal, including marrying the beautiful, unpredictable granddaughter of the man he seeks reprisal against—whether Gabriella is willing or not. As Max inexplicably finds himself drawn to the spirited minx, unforeseen doubts and guilt arise.

  Miss Gabriella Breckensole is astonished when the enigmatic Duke of Pennington turns his romantic attentions on her. Debonair and confident, he set her heart fluttering from their first meeting. Far beneath his station, Gabby never hoped to win his favor, and she soon risks losing her heart to the roguish lord.

  Until she accidentally overhears Maxwell vowing to return her familial home to his dukedom and learns his courtship is a revenge-filled ploy. Even though he awakened feelings she never imagined possible, Gabriella now considers him an enemy. Can Max make the impossible choice between retribution or forever losing the only woman to ever touch his heart?

  WOOED BY A WICKED DUKE, Book Five

  He’s betrothed…but not to the woman who holds his heart

  She’s hiding from the past…

  Hoping to put the shame of her father’s disgrace behind her, Jessica Brentwood is determined to be the epitome of decorum and propriety her first London Season. All is well until she’s discovered naked in the arms of a notorious rake, Crispin, the wicked Duke of Bainbridge.

  Though thoroughly compromised—through no fault of her own—Jessica refuses the enigmatic nobleman’s obligatory marriage proposal. She’d rather face certain scorn and ridicule than be forced into a marriage of convenience. Or rather, inconvenience.

  He’s avoiding his future…

  Betrothed since childhood, Crispin has no interest in wedding the woman he’s expected to marry before Season’s end. The lovely country miss, Jessica Brentwood, holds the key to his heart, though he’s never hinted at his feelings for her.

  When they are the victims of a cruel hoax, Crispin isn’t at all unhappy that he’ll have to break his unwanted betrothal to marry Jessica. Except, his betrothed isn’t willing to release him from their agreement, and the vengeful villains who conspired to ruin Jessica and Crispin aren’t finished plotting mayhem.

  How can he convince Jessica his rakehell’s reputation is mostly conjecture and that he’s adored her from afar? Dare Jessica believe the scoundrel who swears he’s not a rogue and vows he wants to protect her?

  DUCHESS OF HIS HEART, Book Six

  He once loved her beyond all reason. Dare he risk heartbreak again?

  Leaving her first love behind was the hardest thing Regine, Duchess of Heartwaite, had ever done. Her marriage of convenience to another man saved her family, even as it laid waste to her heart. That was years ago, however. Now widowed, she’s ready to begin her life anew. But all it takes is one glimpse of her former sweetheart to realize the feelings she buried so long ago are still there, stronger than ever. Unfortunately, his feelings for her are decidedly colder…

  Solicitor James Brentwood has only one mistress these days—his work. Being jilted by his betrothed taught him love simply wasn’t worth the cost. But Regine is back in England now, more beautiful and alluring than ever. And it’s not long before he begins to feel things he has no business feeling. Especially not for her. Not again.

  But when a nemesis intent on destroying Regine emerges, it’s James who must come to her rescue. Can they overcome their differences and painful past to claim their happily ever after? Or will their second chance at love end as disastrously as their first?

  About the Author

  From the desk of Collette Cameron

  December 1809

  Ridgewood Court, Essex England

  Humming beneath her breath, Gabriella Breckensole practically skipped down the stairs on her way to meet the other female houseguests to make kissing boughs and other festive decorations. The past few days had been a whirlwind of activity, as her hostess, Theadosia, the Duchess of Sutcliffe and one of her dearest friends, hosted a Christmastide house party, the likes of which Essex had never witnessed before.

  The event was made all that much more enjoyable by the presence of Maxwell Woolbright, the Duke of Pennington. Since Gabriella and her twin sister had returned from finishing school almost two years ago, she’d encountered him at a few gatherings. He was quite the most dashing man she’d ever met, and despite being far above her station, she thrilled whenever he directed his attention her way.

  Descending the last riser, she puzzled for a moment. Where were the ladies to meet? The drawing room, the floral salon, or the dining room? Forehead scrunched, she pulled her mouth to the side and started toward the drawing room. Halfway there, she remembered they were to meet in the slightly larger dining room. She spun around and marched the other direction, passing the impressive library, its door slightly ajar.

  “Harold Breckensole will pay for what he’s done,” a man declared in an angry, gruff voice.

  Gabriella halted mid-step, her stomach plunging to her slippered feet. She swiftly looked up and down the vacant corridor before tip-toeing to the cracked doorway. Who spoke about her grandfather with such hostility?

  Breath held, she peeked through the narrow opening. The Dukes of Sutcliffe, Pennington, and Sheffield stood beside the fireplace, facing each other.

  Pennington held a glass of umber-colored spirits in one hand as he stared morosely into the capering flames. “I shall reclaim Hartfordshire Court. I swear.”

  “You say the estate was once part of the unentailed part of the duchy?” Sutcliffe asked, concern forming a line between his eyebrows.

  Pennington tossed back a swallow of his drink. “Yes. It belonged to my grandmother’s family for generations, and after what I’ve recently learned, I mean to see it restored to the ducal holdings, come hell or high water. And I’ll destroy Breckensole too.”

  Slapping a hand over her mouth, she backed away, shaking her head as stinging tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

  Oh, my God. She’d been halfway to falling in love with a man bent on revenge of some sort. Gabriella jutted her chin up, angrily swiping at her cheeks. The Duke of Pennington had just become her enemy.

  Late March 1810

  Colechester, Essex, England

  “Miss Breckensole, what an unexpected…pleasure,” a man drawled in a cultured voice, the merest hint of laughter coloring his melodious baritone.

  Unexpected and wholly unwelcome.

  Gabriella froze in her admiration of Nicolette Twistleton’s adorable pug puppy, and barely refrained from gnashing her teeth. She knew full well who stood behind her. The odious, arrogant—annoying as Hades—Maxwell, Duke of Pennington. His delicious cologne wafted past her nostrils, and she let her eyelids drift half shut as she ordered her heart to resume its regular cadence.

  He didn’t know what she’d discovered about him. That he was a dishonorable, deceiving blackguard behind his oh, so charming demeanor. And he meant to destroy her grandfather. That knowledge bolstered her courage and settled her erratic pulse.

  One midnight eyebrow arched questioningly; Nicolette threw her a harried glance before dipping into a curtsy. “Your Grace.”

  Gabriella hadn’t confided in Nicolette. Hadn’t confided in anyone as to why she disliked him so very much. Quashing her irritation at his appearance and his daring to greet her as if they were the greatest of friends, she schooled her features into blandness before turning and sinking into the expected deferential greeting. “Duke.”

  He bowed; his strong mouth slanted into his usual half-mocking smile.

  “What brings you to town?” He glanced around. “Your sister or grandmother aren’t with you? Or an abigail either?” A hint of disapproval edged his observation. “Did you come with Miss Twistleton?”

  Beast. Who was he to question her conduct? She wasn’t accountable to him.

  “No, I am here with my mother.” Nicolette cast Gabriella another bewildered glance. “She’s in the milliner’s.”

  Surely, he was aware, as was the whole of Colechester,
that a lady’s maid was an unnecessary expense, according to Gabriella’s grandfather. That the duke so offhandedly and publicly made mention of the deficiency angered and chagrined her.

  Pennington turned an expectant look upon her. As if he were entitled to have an answer, because, after all, he was the much sought-after Duke of Pennington.

  Edging her chin upward, Gabriella clutched her packages tighter, one of which was her twin’s birthday present. She saved for months to be able to surprise Ophelia with the mazurine blue velvet cloak.

  “Grandmama is unwell, and Ophelia stayed home to care for her.” She wouldn’t offer him further explanation.

  “I am truly sorry to hear that. May I have my physician call upon her?” he asked, all solicitousness, even going so far as to lower his brows as if he truly cared. A concern she knew to be feigned given what she’d overheard at the Duke and Duchess of Sutcliffe’s Christmastide house party last December.

  “That’s not necessary. She was seen by one only last week.” My, she sounded positively unaffected. The epitome of a self-possessed gently-bred young woman.

  Inside, she fumed at his forwardness.

  How she wanted to rail at him. To tell him precisely what she thought of his nefarious scheme. Why did he—conceited, handsome rakehell—have to be in Colechester today too? He promptly turned her much-anticipated afternoon outing sour. Freshly cut lemon or gooseberry face-puckering, attitude-ruining sour.

  And why he insisted upon trying to speak to her at every opportunity, she couldn’t conceive. Three months ago, and the few unfortunate occasions they’d come across each other since, she’d made her feelings perfectly clear—to-the-point-of-rudeness-clear.

 

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