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Jarrett, an impoverished viscount disowned by his family, uses his gambling skills to earn his keep. Now those same skills bring Jarrett to the attention of the mysterious Black Phoenix, who needs him to infiltrate Paradise, the ton's most exclusive gentlemen's resort. Once he arrives at Paradise, Jarrett discovers a glittering place dedicated to catering to its visitors' every whim, including some of their darker wishes. With his fellow Black Phoenix emissary, actress Kate Falshaw, Jarrett concocts a plan in which the two of them will use their tempestuous public "affair" as a cover for their real mission. For Kate the only flaw in the plan is that Jarrett insists that if they are to be believed, they must become that which they are pretending to be. An enigmatic heroine tormented by her past, a rakish hero who is more honorable than he thinks, and a splendidly sensual plot steeped in equal measures of dark intrigue and delicious desire all come together beautifully in the first installment in Kerstan's spellbinding new Regency trilogy. John Charles
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The invitations have gone out, offering a select few the chance to live in Paradise...

One invitation is accepted by Jarrett, Lord Dering, a family outcast who lives by his own rules, the other by Kate Falshaw, a hot-tempered actress on the run from a scandalous past. The exclusive resort they travel to promises to fulfill every desire, but beneath the glittering surface deadly games are in play.

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The invitations have gone out, offering a select few the chance to live in Paradise...

One invitation is accepted by Jarrett, Lord Dering, a family outcast who lives by his own rules, the other by Kate Falshaw, a hot-tempered actress on the run from a scandalous past. The exclusive resort they travel to promises to fulfill every desire, but beneath the glittering surface deadly games are in play.

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