Together they will discover if love is enough to make dreams come true. And as Derek and Sara surrender to an attraction too powerful to deny, a peril surfaces from his dark past to threaten their happiness. His reputation is unsavory, his scruples. And now duty demands that he allow Sara Fielding to enter his. Derek Craven is a powerful and near-legendary gambling club owner who was born a bastard and raised in the streets. He runs a Regency Roadhouse, but instead of PBR and Carhartts, you get distilled spirits and tight breeches. The Grump: Like Kleypas said on her blog, Derek is a cockney-born gambling club owner. Two great tastes that taste great together. But in a world where secrets lurk behind every shadow, he is the only man who can keep her safe. Derek rose from poverty to become the wealthy lord of Londons most exclusive gambling house. The Grumpy Hero and the Bookish, Ugly Ducking Heroine. But Sara senses that beneath Derek's cynical exterior, he is capable of a love more passionate than her deepest fantasies.Īware that he is the last man that an innocent young woman should ever want, Derek is determined to protect Sara from himself, no matter what it takes. His reputation is unsavory, his scruples nonexistent.
If you’re ready to explore Lisa Kleypas’s work, you’re in the right place. When shy and secluded author Sara Fielding ventures from her country cottage to research a novel, she inadvertently witnesses a crime in progress-and manages to save the life of the most dangerous man in London.ĭerek Craven is a powerful and near-legendary gambling club owner who was born a bastard and raised in the streets. Lisa Kleypas’s Short Stories and Short Story Collections.
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