"The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne"
A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. Of course, she is not addlepated enough to do this openly and scare away her wealthy collectors. So she and her friend concoct a deception, hiring a handsome and charming front man who will do her bidding...
All would have proceeded smoothly—if it weren’t for the
maddening interference of Darius, the arrogant Earl of Southwaite, who
has been her father’s “silent partner” and now shares ownership of
Fairbourne’s. An earl, of course, has no interest in running an auction
house—and Darius is certainly not interested in allowing Miss
Fairbourne to run it either, her ludicrous scheme notwithstanding.
Clearly the business must be sold, especially since Darius suspects that
Fairbourne’s has been involved in shady activities that could embroil
everyone associated with it in crime and scandal.
But the headstrong Emma is like no other lady he has ever
encountered, refusing to follow his dictates. He finds her infuriating,
but her direct speaking and lack of artifice create a powerful
attraction as well, one that that has him following his inclinations to
seduce her into surrendering to him about Fairbourne’s, and in every
other way imaginable.
- Title: "The Surrender of Miss
Fairbourne"
- Author: Madeline
Hunter
- Release Date: (March 6, 2012)
- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Group
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9780515150469
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