Substitute Seduction

She’s serving up red-hot revenge...

and bound to get burned!

London McCaffrey made a deal to get revenge at any cost. Her target? One of Charleston’s most influential men. But his brother, gorgeous race-car driver Harrison Crosby, stands in her way as a sexy distraction. He’s unleashed a torrent of desire that could catch London in her own web of deception. Will her best-laid plans backfire, breaking both their hearts?

CAT SCHIELD has been reading and writing romance since high school. Although she graduated from college with a BA in business, her idea of a perfect career was writing books for Mills & Boon. And now, after winning the Romance Writers of America 2010 Golden Heart® Award for Best Contemporary Series Romance, that dream has come true. Cat lives in Minnesota with her daughter, Emily, and their Burmese cat. When she’s not writing sexy, romantic stories for Mills & Boon Desire, she can be found sailing with friends on the Saint Croix River, or in more exotic locales, like the Caribbean and Europe. She loves to hear from readers. Find her at catschield.net and follow her on Twitter, @catschield.

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Substitute Seduction

Cat Schield

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ISBN: 978-1-474-07692-0

SUBSTITUTE SEDUCTION

© 2018 Catherine Schield

Published in Great Britain 2018

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Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Prologue

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Three

Four

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Nine

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Eleven

Extract

Extract

About the Publisher

Prologue

“We need to get back at all of them. Linc, Tristan and Ryan. They need to be taught a lesson.”

When Everly Briggs had decided to attend the Beautiful Women Taking Charge event, she’d researched the attendees and settled on two women she believed she could convince to participate in a devious plot to take down three of Charleston, South Carolina’s most influential men.

Each of the three women had shared a tale of being wronged. Linc Thurston had broken his engagement to London McCaffrey. Zoe Crosby had just gone through a brutal divorce. But what Ryan Dailey had done to Everly’s sister, Kelly, was by far the worst.

“I don’t know about this,” London said, chewing on her coral-tinted lip. “If I go after Linc, it will blow up in my face.”

“She’s right.” Zoe nodded. “Anything we try would only end up making things worse for us.”

“Not if we go after each other’s men,” Everly said, pierced by a thrill as her companions started to look hopeful. “Think about it. We’re strangers at a cocktail party. Who would ever connect us? I go after Linc. London goes after Tristan and, Zoe, you go after Ryan.”

“When you say ‘go after,’” Zoe said hesitantly, “what do you have in mind?”

“Everyone has skeletons in their closet. Especially powerful men. We just need to find out where the worst ones are hiding and let them out.”

“I’m in,” London said. “Linc deserves to feel a little pain and humiliation for ending our engagement the way he did.”

Zoe nodded. “Count me in, too.”

“Marvelous,” Everly said, letting only a small amount of her glee show as she lifted her glass. “Here’s to making them pay.”