{"product_id":"2940152440928","title":"Claimed by the Marquis (Regency Unlaced 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaimed by the Marquis is the second story in USA Today bestselling author, Carole Mortimer’s, highly acclaimed Regency Unlaced series.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note: The stories in the Regency Unlaced series are steaming hot and the language sometimes explicit.\u003cbr\u003eLady Sally Derwent is an unusual Regency Miss, in that at the age of five and twenty, she is still unwed and determined to remain so. She has no desire to relinquish her freedom in order to become the property of some unworthy gentleman. Nor is she willing to part with the independence she acquired at the age of one and twenty, when she came into the fortune bequeathed to her by her paternal grandmother.\u003cbr\u003eThere is also the matter of the other part of the inheritance her grandmother left to her.\u003cbr\u003eA scandalous collection of erotica. Books, paintings, statues, sketches, most of which make Sally blush to look at, but which fascinate her nonetheless.\u003cbr\u003eAttending the wedding of a close friend, Sally takes one look at Nicholas Sefton, Marquis of Oxbridge, with his unfashionably long dark hair, piercing green eyes, and magnificently muscular body, and knows he is the missing piece from her vast collection of erotica. Not the man himself but the sketches she wishes to make of him. Nude.\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Sefton has long been bored with both the restrictions of society and the people in it. The war with Napoleon is over, and although he is the owner of several large estates, they are all being run very capably without his assistance. Likewise his townhouse in London. He is currently in need of a diversion in his life, something, or someone, to occupy or entertain him.\u003cbr\u003eLady Sally Derwent’s outrageous request, to sketch him naked, is beyond any amusement Nicholas might have imagined for his immediate future.\u003cbr\u003eThe lady herself is beautiful, the attraction between the two of them mutual, but she nevertheless declares herself unavailable. A situation Nicholas intends to change at the earliest opportunity.\u003cbr\u003eUnrealized by either of them, someone close to them wishes Lady Sally Derwent dead. Sooner rather than later.\u003cbr\u003eWill the Marquis and Sally become so caught up in their heated attraction to one another they remain unaware of the danger until it is too late?\u003cbr\u003eCarole Mortimer has written over 200 books, in contemporary and Regency romance, and is the Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance author. Was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature”.\u003cbr\u003eOther books by Carole Mortimer\u003cbr\u003eRegency Unlaced Series:\u003cbr\u003eThe Duke’s Mistress (Regency Unlaced 1)\u003cbr\u003eClaimed by the Marquis (Regency Unlaced 2)\u003cbr\u003eBook 3 Release date April 2016\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Alpha Series:\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Alpha (Alpha 1)\u003cbr\u003eDark Alpha (Alpha 2)\u003cbr\u003eShadow Alpha (Alpha 3) Author’s 200th Book\u003cbr\u003eMidnight Alpha (Alpha 4)\u003cbr\u003eRenegade Alpha (Alpha 5)\u003cbr\u003eWarrior Alpha (Alpha 6)\u003cbr\u003eRogue Alpha (Alpha 7)\u003cbr\u003eSavage Alpha (Alpha 8) Release date March 2016\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Knight Security Series:\u003cbr\u003eBook 0.5 Release date February 14th 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carole Mortimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074226700528,"sku":"2940152440928","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152440928_p0.jpg?v=1764021407","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152440928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}