{"product_id":"the-bengal-rubies-lisa-bingham-9781476715742","title":"The Bengal Rubies","description":"\u003cb\u003eLisa Bingham, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTemptation's Kiss \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDistant Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e, brings readers into a steamy eighteenth-century romance on the English seacoast, where a young woman jumps overboard to escape her father, only to reach the shore and find herself in the arms of a black-cloaked stranger whose face is as angry as it is handsome. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImprisoned by her father for years in a French academy, Alosie Crawford is determined to escape before he returns her to George III's England and auctions her off to the suitor with the highest bid on Aloise and her dowry of the prized Bengal Rubies stolen from the family of Slater McKendrick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfuriated by the stolen rubies and other, darker crimes that McKendrick cannot forget, he sits himself on a lonely beach, waiting to abduct Crawford's daughter and get his revenge. But rather than acting out of his hate for her father, McKendrick is surprised by Aloise's courageous attempt at escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he pulls the wet, shivering beauty to her feet, he sees her eyes hold a shattered soul that matches his own and feels a lighting stab of white-hot passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his eyes, Aloise sees her destiny--the man who could destroy her or save her, the man she dared not trust, yet already so desperately loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Bingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476715742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476715742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pocket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Lisa Bingham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088355864831,"sku":"9781476715742","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c249b2b-2d9e-4545-9f1e-a11d54ac9620.jpg?v=1769104382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bengal-rubies-lisa-bingham-9781476715742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}