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Deeper Than Desire
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  • paperback· 376 pp9780312948252
First published 2004

Deeper Than Desire

By Cheryl Holt

Heat level
Explicit

With her family in dire straits, Olivia Hopkins, 23, reluctantly agrees to seek a marriage proposal from the 47 year old Earl of Salisbury. But the plan goes awry when she finds an erotic volume in the earl's library. The book sets Olivia's body on fire. She simply cannot put it down-until she is caught red-handed by the Earl's devilishly handsome son-a man who quickens her pulse and stirs her imagination with thoughts she's never dared entertain... Philip Paxton, 27, can't believe his good luck. Catching Olivia with the scandalous volume offers a superb chance to humiliate the father he despises. Using the book as bait, Philip lures Olivia into an electrifying affair that explodes into unbridled lessons of passion. Philip never expects to become enamored with his ravishing pupil. But what begins as a rakish scheme soon becomes a genuine affair of the heart-one that Philip will protect at any cost... (less)

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Historical RomanceSettingRegency RomanceSettingForbidden LoveRelationshipRevenge PlotPlotMorally Grey HeroCharacterAge Gap (older hero)RelationshipTortured HeroCharacterSlow Burn to SpicyRelationshipOpposites AttractRelationshipDark RomanceSetting
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