Publisher, Tantor Audio (February 2012)

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In the second entry in Jennifer Haymore's Donovan series, when soon-to-be Duke Max is offered a wager to seduce the alluring Olivia Donovan or forfeit part of his fortune, he can't resist—but falling in love with Olivia wasn't part of the plan.

With her pale hair and slim figure, Olivia Donovan looks as fragile as fine china, and has been treated as such by her sisters ever since a childhood bout with malaria. But beneath her delicate facade, Olivia guards a bold, independent spirit and the kind of passionate desires proper young ladies must never confess...

It was a reckless wager, and one Max couldn't resist: seduce the alluring Olivia or forfeit part of his fortune. Yet the wild, soon-to-be Duke never imagined he'd fall in love with this innocent beauty. Nor could he have guessed that a dangerously unpredictable rival would set out to destroy them both. Now, Max must beat a Madman at his own twisted game—or forever lose the only woman to have ever won his heart.

About the Author: Jennifer Haymore is the author of a number of romance novels, including A Season of Seduction, A Touch of Scandal, A Hint of Wicked, and the Donovan series. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in education from UCLA. Before she became a full-time writer, she held various jobs, from bookselling to teaching inner-city children to playing bit roles in soap operas. Jennifer lives in Southern California.

About the Performer: Kate Reading has been a freelance narrator for over twenty years. She received an Audie Award for Bellwether by Connie Willis; an Audie nomination for The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, recorded with her husband, Michael Kramer; and an Audie nomination for Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell. She has also received numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named her Narrator of the Year and, for two years running, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy for her narration of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series. As Jennifer Mendenhall, she has worked as a stage actor in the Washington, D.C., area and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, the Washington Theatre Lobby Awards, and the Carbonell Awards in Florida. She and her husband live in Hyattsville, Maryland, with their two children.