In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady (26 page)

After a detour through fitness instructing and computer programming,
GAYLE CALLEN
found the life she'd always dreamed of as a romance writer. This
USA Today
bestselling author has written sixteen historical romances for Avon Books, and her novels have won the Holt Medallion and the Laurel Wreath Award.

Gayle lives in Central New York with her three children; her dog, Apollo; and her husband, Jim, the Romance Hero. Visit her website at
www.gaylecallen.com.

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URSUIT OF A
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CANDALOUS
L
ADY

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EVER
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ARRY A
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TRANGER

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EVER
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ARE A
D
UKE

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EVER
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RUST A
S
COUNDREL

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ISCOUNT IN
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ER
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EDROOM

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HE
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UKE IN
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ISGUISE

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EAUTY AND THE
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ROOM

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IS
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RIDE

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IS
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CANDAL

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IS
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ETROTHED

M
Y
L
ADY'S
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UARDIAN

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NIGHT'S
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OW

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HE
D
ARKEST
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NIGHT

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

IN PURSUIT OF A SCANDALOUS LADY
. Copyright © 2010 by Gayle Kloecker Callen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

First Avon Books paperback printing: May 2010

EPub Edition © March 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199123-3

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