Passion for the Game (Georgian Romance) - Softcover

Sylvia Day

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405912332 ISBN 13: 9781405912334

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

Be captivated by this romantic tale of deception, lust and deadly desire in Georgian England, perfect for fans of E L James.

Maria, Lady Winter, is coerced into using her searing beauty and siren body to find out why dangerous pirate Christopher St. John has been let out of jail.

But the pirates only chance of avoiding the hangman is to use his renowned seduction skills to melt Lady Winter's icy heart and discover her secrets.

Entangled in a twisted game of deception and desire, Maria and Christopher are each determined to be the one to win this lusty battle of wits . . .

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About this title

From the Publisher:

From the author of the acclaimed Bad Boys Ahoy!, Ask For It and The Stranger I Married--and Brava's next big star--comes a lushly sensual and unforgettable romance about two criminal masterminds who are irresistibly drawn together.

From the Back Cover:

For the notorious Lady Winter, seduction and duplicity are required to survive. Cunning and precision are the tools of pirate Christopher St. John. Pitted against one another, they are a surprise waiting to happen...

Set a criminal to catch a criminal

Christopher St. John and Maria, Lady Winter are infamous in Society for their misdeeds and their charming allures. Wherever they go, scandalized whispers and covetous glances follow. A ruthless pirate and a widow whose two husbands have met untimely deaths, the wickedly renowned figures are even more intriguing to the authorities. Now they've been set on the most provocative of tasks-St. John is released from prison to learn the "Wintry Widow's" intimate secrets, while Lady Winter is charged with performing a similar deception in reverse. One will succeed. One will hang.

From ballroom to bedroom, they're perfectly matched

With the fate of loved ones in the balance, the unlikely couple embarks upon a battle of wills and wits that takes them from glittering ballrooms to the depths of the underworld to the candlelit pleasures of the bedroom. As they fall helpless to a desire and startling affinity neither expected, the deadly web of their subterfuge closes in, forcing them to make a choice. Individual freedom? Or an audacious scheme to keep an impossible yet irresistible love...

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1405912332
• ISBN 13: 9781405912334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288