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Simply Perfect
by Balogh, Mary
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0385338244
- ISBN 13
- 9780385338240
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. Simply Quartet # 4. In Regency England at the enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school's teachers--headmistress Claudia Martin--will find her well-ordered world jolted by love when she meets a man who would make the perfect husband...for somebody else. Tall, dark, and exquisitely sensual, he is the epitome of male perfection, but Claudia Martin is not looking for a lover or a husband. As owner and head-mistress of Miss Martin's School for Girls in Bath, she long ago resigned herself to a life without love until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin. Joseph has is own reasons for seeking Claudia out. Attracted to Claudia, he embarks on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But as heir to a dukedom, Joseph is expected to carry on his family's legacy, and Claudia knows she has no place in his world. Now that world is about to be rocked by scandal. An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from Claudia's past conspire to drive the lovers apart, but Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost even if that means defying convention and breaking every rule for a love that is perfection itself.
Synopsis
Set against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh's latest novel sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and garden parties, whispered confessions and secret yearnings, one of the school's teachers--headmistress Claudia Martin--will find her well-ordered world jolted by love when she meets a man who would make the perfect husband...for somebody else.Tall, dark, and exquisitely sensual, he is the epitome of male perfection. Not that Claudia Martin is looking for a lover. Or a husband. As owner and headmistress of Miss Martin's School for Girls in Bath, she long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin.Joseph has his own reasons for seeking Claudia out. Instantly, irresistibly attracted to the dedicated teacher, he embarks on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But as heir to a prestigious dukedom, Joseph is expected to carry on his family's legacy. And Claudia knows she has no place in his world.Now that world is about to be rocked by scandal. An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from Claudia's past conspire to drive the lovers apart. But Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost. Even if that means defying convention and breaking every rule for a love that is everything he has ever wanted--a love that is perfection itself...From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35002
- Title
- Simply Perfect
- Author
- Balogh, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385338244
- ISBN 13
- 9780385338240
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2007024314
- Keywords
- REGENCY ROMANCE Bath
- Bookseller catalogs
- Regency Romances;
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