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A Pregnant Courtesan for the Rake (The Society of Wicked Gentlemen, 3) Mass Market Paperback – October 17, 2017

by Diane Gaston (Author)

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Book 3 of 4: The Society of Wicked Gentlemen

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Claiming the courtesan’s child…

It’s been more than three months, but Oliver Gregory still remembers the exquisite night he shared with a beautiful woman in Paris. Discovering her working at the discreet London gentlemen’s club he owns comes as a shock…even more so when he realizes she’s pregnant!

Oliver knows the pain of being an outcast and will do all in his power to ensure his child is not born illegitimate. Cecilia will return to his bed…as his wife!

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288 pages
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Harlequin Historical
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October 17, 2017
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4.22 x 0.76 x 6.61 inches
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0373299532
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978-0373299539
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Diane Gaston's dream job had always been to write romance novels. One day she dared to pursue that dream and has never looked back. Her books have won Romance's highest honours: the RITA Award, the National Readers Choice Award, Holt Medallion, and Golden Heart. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three very ordinary house cats. Diane loves to hear from readers and friends. Visit her website at: https://www.dianegaston.com/

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Historical; Original edition (October 17, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0373299532
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0373299539
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.22 x 0.76 x 6.61 inches

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- #194,211 in Historical Fiction (Books)

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Diane Gaston is the Rita® Award winning author of over 15 books and novellas for Harlequin Historical. Once a mental health social worker who helped clients craft their own happy endings, Diane is now living her dream of writing romance. Diane's books are set in Regency England, the time of Jane Austen and the setting of Georgette Heyer, the same setting as Julia Quinn, Mary Balogh, Ann Gracie, Grace Burrows, Mary Jo Putney, and others. Diane's Regency Romances often feature the seamier side of the Regency. Her special love is for the Napoleonic War and its heroic soldiers. The daughter of an army colonel herself, Diane now lives near Washington, D.C. with her husband and three very ordinary cats.

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Paris to London

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A chance meeting in Paris brings two lonely people together, neither revealing their backgrounds in exclusive clubs. Three months later a pregnant Cassandra is in London and another chance encounter brings Oliver back in her life. Discovering their true identities is another challenge to any relationship between them. It's all about trust and love.

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The plot caught my interest from the first page to ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2018

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The plot caught my interest from the first page to the end. I read it one day. The characters felt true to the times reflecting the Regency attitudes to the characters backgrounds and current situations in their lives. The hero was a hero, the heroine's response to her current situation was understandable, and the villain was evil. Minor characters had personalities and were not cardboard personalities.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2017

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Claire and Oliver have a wonderful day and night in
Paris. Oliver returns to London to run his private club and Claire goes back to her job pretending to be a courtesan. Oliver is the illegitimate son of a duke and his Indian mistress. Claire has survived an abusive marriage and has been abandoned by her family. Both of them need to work through their hurtful past and fears. There were a few coincidences in the storyline that rang false. This is the third book in a series. Not having read the first two books, I found the two other couples unbelievable (a duchess who was a maid?).

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This book was good and a quick read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2018

Good book about two lonely people with difficult lives who are brought together by chance. Cecilia is an Englishwoman left penniless in Paris after the war when her soldier husband dies in a duel. To support herself, she goes to work as a courtesan, but one with an unusual way of conducting business. Knowing what it's like to be hungry, she uses some of her wages to feed the street children, which brings her to the attention of Oliver.

Oliver is part owner of a gentlemen's club in London. He has come to Paris to get ideas to take back home. Wandering along the banks of the river, he finds himself reflecting on his life. The bastard son of a nobleman and his Indian mistress, he was taken to England with his father. He was raised by his indifferent father and an unpleasant stepmother who lost no opportunity to put him down. School was no better until he made a few good friends, with whom he later opened the club. But he's grown tired of the club's activities and wonders what it would be like to have a normal life. It's at this point when he meets Cecilia and is captivated by her combination of strength, beauty, and vulnerability. They spend a lovely day together just seeing the sights and go on to have a passionate night together. But that is all they can have, and Oliver returns to London, where he can't forget her.

Fate isn't done with them yet. Cecilia finds herself pregnant and without a job. She returns to England, hoping to reconcile with her family. When that doesn't happen, she has no choice but to find work and is hired as a hostess by one of Oliver's partners, unbeknownst to him. To find the woman he can't forget working in his own club comes as quite a shock, but not as big as the one he's about to get. Oliver had never seen himself as a husband and father, but he refuses to let a child of his suffer as he has done. The problem is getting Cecilia to agree.

I enjoyed the development of Cecilia and Oliver's relationship. Both of them have major trust issues that need to be overcome. Cecilia was badly abused by her husband and refuses to put herself under the control of another man. Oliver may seem nice now, but her husband had been nice at first, too. I ached for Cecilia and her fears, as she keeps a wary eye on Oliver. His bouts of temper do not help his cause. I really liked Oliver. He is an honorable man who wants to do right by Cecilia. I loved seeing his protectiveness, even though he has his doubts about the truth of her claim. The more time they spend together, the closer they grow, but it is still a roller coaster of a relationship. They must fight their own doubts and fears, as well as interference from outside forces. I liked how it was Oliver who first understood his feelings and tried to make Cecilia see. I ached for him when she let her fears win. His feelings of loss were so intense I cried for him. I loved the ending, as Cecilia finally believed the truth about Oliver and his feelings for her. The epilogue was great.

As with the previous books, Oliver and the others still wonder what happened to their friend and partner, Nicholas. In this book, I got the feeling that one particularly obnoxious character may have had something to do with Nicholas's disappearance. I am looking forward to the final book to see if I am right.

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A. Richard

Heartrending with realistic scenes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2017

The third book in the Society of Wicked Gentlemen miniseries is about a man who has felt little love in his life and has doubts of ever experiencing it. When his path crosses with a woman who actually has him feeling at ease, their futures become unexpectedly entangled and both lives are never the same. Diane Gaston makes her main couple very interesting, and I immediately became concerned for the well-being of these two lonely individuals. A PREGNANT COURTESAN FOR THE RAKE is engagingly believable with realistic circumstances. I really felt as though each scene could have taken place during this period in history.

Since Oliver Gregory is part owner of a club in London which caters to gentlemen, he has traveled to Paris in order to check out similar establishments in that city and get some new ideas. He and three other men started the club as a way to give people a place where various pleasures could be enjoyed with anonymity. During his trip, Oliver meets an Englishwoman, Cecilia Lockhart, and the two have a wonderful chat plus spend an even more gratifying night together.

When Oliver leaves Paris the next day, he never expected to see the enticing Cecilia again. But after she shows up in London, he is completely stunned, especially upon learning her news about carrying his child. Though being a father and having a wife were not something Oliver thought would happen to him, he comes to realize after spending time with her that there is no way he will let Cecilia go through this situation alone.

There is a clever concept behind the Society of Wicked Gentlemen miniseries, and the installment by Diane Gaston adds many new aspects to the storyline. With the author putting in relevant information about the previous connected books, this story can be thoroughly enjoyed on its own. There are numerous references to actual people, places, and events, and these facts cause any happenings to come across as more convincing. Ms. Gaston makes her Regency story very colorful, and I particularly liked reading about all the delicious foods and drinks of the era. The author has also included several much-loved activities from that time.

A PREGNANT COURTESAN FOR THE RAKE has emotional heartrending moments. Although the backgrounds of Cecilia and Oliver are vastly different, both have been treated unfairly and now feel dejected. I really got a sense of how much the past affected these two, and their journey to possible happiness has lots of obstacles. Whether it was doubts about their relationship or interference from outside forces, I quickly became caught up in not only what was occurring but also what would be the consequences. The choices Oliver and Cecilia must sometimes make are extremely hard, and it was often nerve-wracking to wait on their decisions because of the effect it would have on their relationship. Ms. Gaston definitely kept me entertained the whole time I was reading.

I voluntarily read the book and all comments are my honest opinion

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