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Under the Earl’s Wicked Spell

Introduction

When her beloved brother was mysteriously murdered by his childhood friend, Victoria Hayward’s life sank into sorrow. His killer was sent into exile, but an unbearable rivalry has spread between the Hayward and the Mowbray family. Years after, Victoria finds herself in the most despicable position, forced to marry the man who shot her brother. As doubts start to clear the air of what happened that fateful night, Victoria’s hatred for her seductive husband will slowly turn into feelings of scandalous, guilty lust…

Will she allow herself to surrender to her untamed desire?

Rafe Mowbray is certain of his innocence, but his blurry memory leaves him helpless. His return to England was marked by the sudden death of his father and brother who was about to marry Victoria and bring peace to the families. Now, Rafe must take his brother’s place, inherit the title of the Earl of Blackmore and marry the fiery woman who deeply hates him. Yet, his flaming passion for her sparks from their very first glance, and living under the same roof starts tormenting his fervour dreams.

Will he be able to prove his innocence and win his tempting wife’s heart?

Victoria and Rafe’s conflict soon bursts into a sizzling, forbidden romance, and they find themselves trapped in a perilous game of lust and deceit. Even though they are determined to unveil the real events of that fateful night, someone will lark to make sure that truth will never shine. Will they manage to reveal the dark secrets that the past holds? After all, can these enemies ever be more than passionate lovers?

Chapter 1

Whitby, 1812

Rafe looked up when he heard someone shouting his name. He grinned when he saw the pair of young men approaching him across the terrace. Putting aside his rifle and cleaning cloth, Rafe got to his feet.

“I was beginning to think you were never going to get here,” he said as he clasped Richard’s hand. “You do tend to make a grand entrance.”

Richard Hayward grinned.

“What can I say? We like to make sure everyone knows we’ve arrived.”

Beside him, Gregory Hayward rolled his eyes. Rafe ignored him. Richard’s cousin was always grumbling about how immature and daft Rafe and Richard were. In Rafe’s opinion, if a gentleman thought he was immature, then he shouldn’t be hanging around people seven years his junior.

Then again, knowing what Gregory was like, it was no wonder he had very few people his own age to converse with. Most members of society were just as fed up with his belligerent behaviour as Rafe was.

But Richard loved his cousin, and he was patient with him. Rafe couldn’t argue with that.

“So, when are we going?” Richard asked. “Is Sebastien around?”

“He’s with Father right now. They’re just having a discussion over something inside.” Rafe shrugged. “Don’t ask me what. They tend to leave me out of these things.”

“Is he trying to urge Sebastien to marry again?”

“More than likely. And my brother is going to fight him on this until his dying breath, I’m sure.”

That was nothing unusual lately. Rafe’s father, Earl Blackmore, wanted his eldest son to find a wife to marry and have children with. He wanted to be sure that there were going to be heirs for him once he passed. Sebastien argued that he didn’t want to marry, and it was likely that he never would as he had no inclination to have a wife. Rafe didn’t think the two of them would ever come to an agreement; they were each as stubborn as the other.

Personally, Rafe hoped Sebastien would eventually consider it. Because if their father realised that it was not going to happen, he would turn his focus onto Rafe. And Rafe didn’t want to think about marriage right now. If it happened later or it arose out of the blue, then he would seek it out, but he wasn’t about to go actively searching. He didn’t agree with forced matchmaking, and Rafe was sure it would end in disaster.

“Speaking of marriage,” Gregory said suddenly, “has Uncle William spoken to you about your impending engagement to Florence Carey, Richard?”

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