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Authors: STEPHANIE LAURENS

Drastic action was called for.

Strategic retreat to safer surrounds.

Abruptly ceasing his tattoo on the table, Demon raised his head. “Gillies?”

A moment later, an unprepossessing face popped around the door. “Yessir?”

“Fig out the bays. We're going to Newmarket.” Gillies blinked. “But . . . ?” Deliberately, he raised his eyes to the ceiling. “What about the countess?”

“Hmm.” Demon looked up, then he grinned and stood, cinching his robe tight. “Give me an hour to satisfy the countess—then be ready to roll.”

Newmarket, and assured safety, were only a few hours away, but once there, he'd be starved for the usual rake's fare—he may as well indulge his appetite before leaving.

As he climbed the stairs two at a time, Demon grinned. The countess was no threat—and Newmarket was safe.

He was well on the road to being the one Cynster in all the generations to finally escape fate—and the trap she laid for all Cynsters.

And don't miss Book 4 in the Bar Cynster series—Demon's story

On learning from Vane of Richard's downfall—his unexpected marriage to Catriona Hennessy—Demon Harry decides staying in London with the Season about to start is too dangerous. First Devil, then Vane, now Richard—fate clearly has the Cynsters dead in her matrimonial sights. And he's the next in line. It's time to take evasive action. So he eschews the dangers of London's drawing rooms and, determined to be the first Cynster to sucessfully evade fate's trap, he heads for the assured safety of his stables at New-market.

Fate doesn't dally—she pounces the instant he walks in.

About the Author

New York Times
bestselling author S
TEPHANIE
L
AURENS
began writing as an escape from the dry world of professional science, a hobby that quickly became a career. Her novels set in Regency England have captivated readers around the globe, making her one of the romance world’s most beloved and popular authors.

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Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

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