The Duke's Indiscretion (29 page)

ADELE ASHWORTH I've always loved to write, but after my first attempt at a novel (nine chapters of
Plastic City,
the story of underwater-dwelling orphans in the twenty-third century that I wrote in the sixth grade), I took some time to get my bachelor's degree and to try my hand at other careers before I returned to my first passion: creative writing. After lots and lots of perseverance, hard work, and a bit of very good luck,
My Darling Caroline
went on to win the Romance Writers of America RITA
^®
Award for Best First Book of 1998.

I live in Texas with my family, exploring history as I delve into the hearts of my characters. I love to hear from readers through my website at
www.adeleashworth.com
or by snail mail at Adele Ashworth, P.O. Box 270704, Flower Mound, TX 75027.

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T
HE
D
UKE'S
I
NDISCRETION

D
UKE OF
S
CANDAL

D
UKE OF
S
IN

W
HEN
I
T'S
P
ERFECT

S
OMEONE
I
RRESISTIBLE

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE DUKE'S INDISCRETION.
Copyright © 2007 by Adele Budnick. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

ePub edition March 2007 ISBN 9780061741401

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