Scandalous Again: Switching Places #1

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Harper Collins, Oct 13, 2009 - Fiction - 384 pages

Two exquisite cousins must exchange identities in a scandalous deception.

Madeline de Lacy, the duchess of Magnus, prides herself on being one of the most sensible young women in England, which is why she can't believe that, in a turn of the cards, her noble father has lost his entire estate -- and her! -- to a stranger.

On a mission to salvage her family fortune, she changes places with her cousin and companion, sending the meeker Eleanor to confront the man who had won Madeline's hand. Now, Madeline is free to enter the home of a notorious gambler, and pretends to be meek, humble, and competent with an iron. She is, of course, none of those things; she simply is resolved to win her family's fortune back. Just when she thinks matters can't get worse, she meets Gabriel Ansell, the earl of Campion, and they do. Horribly worse.

Four years ago, Madeline was engaged to Gabriel, and worshipped his arrogant kisses. Now, being forced to marry a man she doesn't know pales in comparison to the ordeal of facing Gabriel again, the man who betrayed her -- Gabriel, the only man she ever loved.

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
9
Section 3
20
Section 4
36
Section 5
49
Section 6
65
Section 7
83
Section 8
94
Section 18
218
Section 19
232
Section 20
241
Section 21
249
Section 22
259
Section 23
269
Section 24
284
Section 25
297

Section 9
110
Section 10
125
Section 11
137
Section 12
156
Section 13
164
Section 14
174
Section 15
189
Section 16
198
Section 17
208
Section 26
307
Section 27
321
Section 28
330
Section 29
337
Section 30
348
Section 31
356
Section 32
369
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Page 115 - It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him to get lost, but he was right.
Page 39 - She turned her head and looked out of the window at the passing woods. So Thomasin wasn't vain. But she was, obviously, unhappy — and unsociable. Madeline resolved to make friends. "Nevertheless, Miss de Lacy, you'll do as I demand.
Page 264 - He'd go after her and drag her back by her hair, he swore it — although that invalidated his demand that she come to him.

About the author (2009)

New York Times bestselling author CHRISTINA DODD builds worlds filled with suspense, romance, and adventure, and creates the most distinctive characters in fiction today. Her fifty novels have been translated into twenty-five languages, featured by Doubleday Book Club, recorded on Books on Tape for the Blind, won Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart and RITA Awards, and been called the year's best by Library Journal. Dodd herself has been a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle.

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