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      “If we must dawdle in the library, let’s make it for a worthwhile purpose.”

      Caught off balance, Leonora lurched into his lap. Though part of him would have liked to throttle her, another part thrilled to the sensation of her in his arms. In a deft motion that would have done credit to a trained pickpocket, he plucked the spectacles from her nose and the combs from her hair, tossing them onto the table.

      “I’ve worked hard for you this week, Miss Freemantle. I think I deserve a reward.”

      He hushed her inarticulate sounds of protest with a forceful application of his lips.

      She froze in his embrace, her whole body going temporarily slack. Surrendering before his onslaught. Falling open. Inviting him deeper.

      Then, with a shift so sudden it robbed him of breath, Leonora pried herself from his arms and slapped him soundly.

      “How dare you, Morse Archer!”

      The Wedding Wager

      Harlequin Historical #563

      Acclaim for Deborah Hale’s recent books

      The Bonny Bride

      “…high adventure!”

      —Romantic Times Magazine

      A Gentleman of Substance

      “This exceptional Regency-era romance includes all the best aspects of that genre…Deborah Hale has outdone herself…”

      —Romantic Times Magazine

      “…a nearly flawless plot, well-dimensioned characters, and a flame that will set your heart ablaze with every emotion possible!”

      —Affaire de Coeur

      My Lord Protector

      “Invite yourself to this sweet, sensitive, moving and utterly wonderful tale of love from the heart.”

      —Affaire de Coeur

      #564 THE MARSHAL AND MRS. O’MALLEY

      Julianne MacLean

      #565 THE SEA SPRITE

      Ruth Langan

      #566 THE VIRTUOUS CYPRIAN

      Nicola Cornick

      The Wedding Wager

      Deborah Hale

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      For my parents, Ivan and Marion MacDonald,

       who taught me so many important lessons,

       and for my sons, Brendan and Jamie Hale,

       who picked up where they left off.

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

      Chapter One

      Bramleigh Military Hospital for

      Enlisted Men

      1812

      The whole place smelled of men.

      Leonora Freemantle could almost feel her nose twitch and her muscles tense, like a hare or hind scenting predators on the wind. Looking neither left nor right, she strode down the ward behind Matron. As she passed bed after bed of convalescing soldiers, she sensed their covert glances, heard their muttered quips.

      “Looks like Matron’s got a new dragon-in-training, lads.”

      “D’yer reckon she’s sucking on a lemon?”

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