Kate Bateman Libri

A Wicked Game marks the third book in Kate Bateman's popular regency romance series, Ruthless Rivals. If there’s one thing impossible for a Davies to resist, it’s a challenge from a Montgomery. . . A teasing bet. Shipwrecked and imprisoned thanks to an incorrect map, Captain Morgan Davies has returned to London to exact sweet revenge on the cartographer responsible for his suffering. He’s also vowed to claim the winner’s prize—three kisses—in the bet he made with his long-time nemesis, the prickly, smart-mouthed Harriet Montgomery. His incarceration has clarified his feelings for her, but convincing the infuriating woman he wants to marry her is going to be his greatest challenge yet. When Harriet’s revealed to be the very mapmaker he seeks, Morgan decides to combine revenge and seduction into one delightful package. . . A dangerous enemy. Harriet’s always wanted witty scoundrel Morgan, and now he’s back; as handsome and as taunting as ever. She has enough on her plate dealing with her father’s failing eyesight and a rival mapmaker copying her work to play wicked games with a dastardly Davies—however tempting he might be. But when a threat from Morgan’s past puts them both in danger, Harry discovers that she and Morgan might not be enemies at all . . .

When two longtime enemies make a scandalous bargain, they don't expect their hatred to turn to love in Kate Bateman's sexy regency romance A Daring Pursuit....

"Madeline Montgomery grew up despising--and secretly loving--the roguish Gryffud "Gryff" Davies. Their families have been bitter rivals for hundreds of years, but even if her feelings once crossed the line between love and hate, she's certain Gryff never felt the same. Now, she's too busy saving her family from ruin to think about Gryff and the other "devilish" Davies siblings. Since he's off being scandalous in London, it's not like she'll ever see him again... As the new Earl of Powys, Gryff Davies planned on spending his post-war life enjoying the pleasures of London. But when an illegal duel forces him to retreat to his family's Welsh castle, he realizes the only exciting thing in the dull countryside will be seeing the fiery Maddie Montgomery. Thoughts of his nemesis sustained Gryff throughout the war; but the girl he loved to tease has grown into a gorgeous, headstrong woman - who loathes him just as much as she ever did. Will secret tunnels, dangerous smugglers, and meddling from their feuding families be enough to make Maddie and Gryff realize that their animosity is really attraction...and maybe even love?"--Page 4 of cover

The first book in a new Regency romance series, an heiress and a rogue accidentally end up in a secret marriage of convenience.

The first in Kate Bateman's sparkling new series about three women who run an investigative agency in Regency London.

Môže sa nenávisť zmeniť na pravú lásku? Maddie Montgomeryová neznáša Gryffa Daviesa už od detstva. No rovnako dlho je doňho aj tajne zamilovaná. Nepriateľstvo medzi ich rodinami trvá celé stáročia, a preto vôbec nedúfa v opätovanie svojich citov. Vlastne ani neočakáva, že sa s ním ešte stretne. Odkedy sa vrátil z vojny a stal sa grófom, doma na vidieku sa vôbec neukázal. Gryff Davies, nový gróf z Powysu, si po skončení vojny proti Napoleonovi dosýta užíva v Londýne svetské radosti. Účasť v nezákonnom dueli ho však donúti schovať sa na vidiek. Hoci sa obáva nudy, teší ho predstava, že znova stretne svoju šarmantnú nepriateľku Maddie Montgomeryovú. Práve myšlienky na túto krásnu, večne naštvanú a tvrdohlavú červenovlásku mu v najhorších chvíľach dodávali odvahu a silu vytrvať v boji. Medzitým však z dievčaťa, ktoré si tak rád doberal, vyrástla prekrásna žena. Ale niečo sa predsa len nezmenilo. Ešte stále ho rovnako vášnivo neznáša. Gryff a Maddie sa spoločne zapletú do nebezpečného dobrodružstva – objavia tajné podzemné tunely a pašerácku skrýšu. Uvedomia si vďaka tomu, že v skutočnosti k sebe necítia nevraživosť, ale fyzickú príťažlivosť, a možno dokonca aj lásku?

Objavovali vášeň a prekvapila ich láska Medzi láskou a nenávisťou je veľmi tenká hranica. Daviesovci a Montgomeryovci sa už od nepamäti neznášajú. Carys Daviesová sa všemožne vyhýba manželstvu. Koketne sa vznáša v odvážnej róbe a rozptyľuje pozornosť anglickej smotánky škandalóznym správaním. Naopak uhladený a chladný architekt Tristan Montgomery z nepriateľského rodu hľadá poslušnú, skromnú snúbenicu. Slečna Daviesová nie je ani z ďaleka tou, ktorú potrebuje, no on po nikom inom netúži. Keď ho vyzve, aby jej ukázal, o čo prichádza mimo zväzku, Tristan šokuje aj sám seba. Počas jedného týždňa tajných schôdzok ich hádky a vzájomné doťahovania nahradia náruživé bozky. Čoskoro medzi nimi vzniká silné puto, ktoré neprelomí ani životu nebezpečná situácia. Jediný, kto dokáže preniknúť k zdrvujúcim tajomstvám slečny Daviesovej, je Tristan Montgomery.