Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Devil’s Cub (Alastair-Audley #2)

Author: Georgette Heyer Listening Length: 9h 5m
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Mary Challoner must protect her sister at all costs. When she discovers that the notorious Marquis of Vidal is planning to run away with her little sister, Mary will not stand idly by. To save Sophia’s reputation without destroying her own, Mary will take her sister’s place – and once the Marquis sees through her di...

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MY LORD CARLISLE HAVING discovered that his sedate protégé had an incongruous passion for gambling, thought he could do no better for him than to introduce him to the newest of the hells.

The young man seemed to have plenty of money at his command, and if he chose to lose it over the dice, it was no business of my lord’s.

Of late Mr Comyn’s face had worn a very serious expression, and my lord had no hesitation in laying this at Miss Marling’s door, that sprightly damsel having been bundled off to Paris in charge of her brother.