{"product_id":"lord-halseys-tempestuous-minx-cerise-deland-9781972086681","title":"Lord Halsey's Tempestuous Minx","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInès believes she can do any deed to free her brother from prison. What she cannot predict is how one man's love can destroy her illusion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInès Bechard has performed a miraculous feat in France of deluding the French-and escaping their vengeance. Fleeing to England, she has the help of her friends to create a new life for herself. She desperately needs their gaiety, their security, and their promised exposure to the British social whirl. But she can never tell them why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she does not need is a charming man who lures her with promises of kisses, affection, and wedded bliss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan, Lord Halsey, sees in this lovely French émigré a woman he wants to treasure as his own. Resist him she can, and does. But the man is damnably persistent and convinces her that all she has lost, including family, friends, and love, she can regain in his fond embrace as his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTorn between duty to her brother and love for her husband, Inès tries to find a way to do both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut love has it limits.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoesn't it?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cerise Deland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1972086685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972086681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Cerise Deland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665702949119,"sku":"9781972086681","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lord-halseys-tempestuous-minx-cerise-deland-9781972086681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}