Bought for Ten Thousand Pounds!
Ex-soldier Frederick Challenger may own a share of Londonâs most secret gentlemenâs club, but he has long since stopped sampling its delights...until a beautiful woman auctions her innocence.
Georgiana Knightâs plan had been to lure in a villain, but instead sheâs trapped the devil himself. And now, to protect her reputation, she must marry him! But if Frederick has hopes of taming this temptress, heâll have to think again...
Hidden amongst the masked revellers of an underground Regency gentlemenâs club, where decadence, daring and debauchery abound, the four owners of Vitium et Virtus are about to meet their match!
Welcome to...
The Society of Wicked Gentlemen
Read
A Convenient Bride for the Soldier
by Christine Merrill September 2017
An Innocent Maid for the Duke
by Ann Lethbridge October 2017
And look for stories
from Diane Gaston and Sophia James coming soon!
Author Note
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, âWhere do you get your ideas?â
The truth is, I donât always know. Stories tend to come out of the swamp that is my mind. Sometimes they are sparked by a single ideaâor by a desire to write a totally different, happier ending for something Iâve seen in real life.
In the case of series like this one they are a group effort, in which editors and authors have fun working together on a general roadmap for the story. But there is still plenty to go crazy on with the details, and in making the characters and their love story totally our own.
In the case of Georgiana Knight, I must admit that some of her obsessions came straight from my own past. I was a child of the Sixtiesâbut not the exciting part of the decade. With a lack of money, and only three TV channels, I spent a lot of time making my own fun. That included visiting the mynah bird at the local shoe store, and lying on my belly in the driveway feeding sugar to ants.
And, in case youâre wondering, I have not experienced any of her other, wilder adventures. Not yet, anywayâ¦
Happy reading!
CHRISTINE MERRILL lives on a farm in Wisconsin, USA, with her husband, two sons, and too many petsâall of whom would like her to get off of the computer so they can check their e-mail. She has worked by turns in theatre costuming and as a librarian. Writing historical romance combines her love of good stories and fancy dress with her ability to stare out of the window and make stuff up.
Books by Christine Merrill
Mills & Boon Historical Romance
The de Bryun Sisters
The Truth About Lady Felkirk
A Ring from a Marquess
Ladies in Disgrace
Lady Folbrokeâs Delicious Deception
Lady Drusillaâs Road to Ruin Lady Priscillaâs Shameful Secret
The Society of Wicked Gentlemen
A Convenient Bride for the Soldier
Stand-Alone Novels
A Wicked Liaison
Miss Winthorpeâs Elopement Dangerous Lord, Innocent Governess Two Wrongs Make a Marriage Unlaced at Christmas âThe Christmas Duchessâ The Secrets of Wiscombe Chase The Wedding Game
Mills & Boon Historical Undone! eBooks
Seducing a Stranger
Virgin Unwrapped To Undo a Lady
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at millsandboon.co.uk for more titles.
To the boys in the basement.
Not Stephen Kingâs boys. Mine. Hereâs to getting the band back together.
Chapter One
The dancers stopped and the musicians set down their instruments. Georgiana Knight had never been so glad to hear a song end.
âYou dance like an angel.â Her partner, Sir Nash Bowles, showed no sign of releasing the hand he was holding, instead attempting to tuck it into the crook of his arm so he could escort her from the dance floor.
Had she heard the compliment, her stepmother would have been quick to point out that George was as far from angelic as it was possible for a girl to be. In Mariettaâs opinion, George was lacking in both good sense and manners. In the years after her motherâs death, her father had allowed her to run wild in the country like a hoyden. The resulting damage to her character was most likely irreparable.
Which was just fine with George. She was happy, just as she was. She certainly did not want to be anyoneâs angel. It made her think of dancing on a pinpoint, instead of the razorâs edge of courtesy on which she was balanced when dealing with Sir Nash. He was Mariettaâs cousin. Any rudeness on her part would be reported back to her stepmother, which would result in another tiresome lecture on deportment during the carriage ride home.
She yanked her hand free of his grasp with such suddenness that she almost left him holding an empty glove. Sir Nash was sure to tattle about it and there would be another row.