Beauty Tempts the Beast (Sins for All Seasons #6) - Lorraine Heath Page 0,137
years, that he had always been as happy as his parents had wished him to be.
Author’s Note
My dear reader,
In 1869, the law changed so titles and properties of peers who committed treason would still pass on to their heirs, rather than be reclaimed by the Crown. Unfortunately, I did not discover this law until after the story had already taken hold of me. Altering the timetable made the story clunky, and so since I write fiction and have created a fictional world, I applied literary license. In my world, either the law didn’t exist, it was ignored, or Parliament voted to make an exception for a duke who wanted to kill a queen. You may choose.
The condition that Beast and his father shared is microtia. There are several variations of it, and it can have an impact on hearing. In approximately 5% of cases, the condition is hereditary.
Harriette Wilson was an infamous courtesan during the Regency era, who did indeed publish her memoirs, which are now in the public domain and can be downloaded from several sources.
The Ten Bells pub exists to this day. At least two of Jack the Ripper’s victims frequented the pub and are thought to have been seen leaving it the night they were killed.
Most of the working class couldn’t afford clocks, and alarm clocks had yet to be invented. Therefore, people hired a knocker-up or knocker-upper to wake them. Beast’s tale of running across a murdered woman is based on an actual account of a knocker-upper who ran across one of Jack the Ripper’s victims.
If you’re wondering why Finn and Lavinia didn’t simply adopt Robin to give him their name— In Britain, child adoption didn’t become legal until 1926. Prior to that it was informal, usually done in secret, and not legally binding.
The blessing that the Duke of Glasford bestowed on Beast and Althea is an ancient Scottish blessing that I once heard a dear Scottish friend give as a toast, and I fell in love with it.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about and getting to know the Trewloves. They are bound to make cameos in the next two books as Thea’s brothers search for their own happily-ever-after.
Happy reading!
Lorraine
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About the Author
LORRAINE HEATH always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. She’s been writing about them ever since. Her work has been recognized with numerous industry awards, including RWA’s prestigious RITA®. Her novels have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists.
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By Lorraine Heath
Beauty Tempts the Beast
The Earl Takes a Fancy
The Duchess in His Bed
The Scoundrel in Her Bed
Texas Legacy (novella)
When a Duke Loves a Woman
Beyond Scandal and Desire
Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses (novella)
An Affair with a Notorious Heiress
When the Marquess Falls (novella)
The Viscount and the Vixen
The Earl Takes All
Falling into Bed with a Duke
The Duke and the Lady in Red
The Last Wicked Scoundrel (novella)
Once More, My Darling Rogue
The Gunslinger (novella)
When the Duke Was Wicked
Deck the Halls with Love (novella)
Lord of Wicked Intentions
Lord of Temptation
She Tempts the Duke
Waking Up with the Duke
Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman
Passions of a Wicked Earl
Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel
Surrender to the Devil
Between the Devil and Desire
In Bed with the Devil
Just Wicked Enough
A Duke of Her Own
Promise Me Forever
A Matter of Temptation
As an Earl Desires
An Invitation to Seduction
Love with a Scandalous Lord
To Marry an Heiress
The Outlaw and the Lady
Never Marry a Cowboy
Never Love a Cowboy
A Rogue in Texas
Texas Splendor
Texas Glory
Texas Destiny
Always to Remember
Parting Gifts
Sweet Lullaby
Copyright
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.