When Angels Fall

308 Pages·2016·1.36 MB·English

by  Mckinney Meagan

WHEN ANGELS FALL.Copyright © 1990 by Ruth Goodman. All rights reserved. No part of this book
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR
“I’D LIKE A WALTZ, LISSA,” IVAN SAID WITH
A WICKED SMILE.
“It’ll be a cold day in—” Before she could even finish her oath, he
had taken her by the waist and in moments they were dancing among
his guests.
“You are an arrogant, self-serving, licentious, dissolute . . .
rakehell!” she whispered furiously.
“Try bastard, sweet. That word always works well.”
“Only because you work so hard at being one,” she hissed.
“Believe me, it takes no effort at all.” His hand tightened at her
waist possessively and he swept her toward the balcony. When she
tried to pull away he caught her. “Don’t fight me any more,” he
whispered.
She shook her head. “Ivan, we’ll destroy each other.”
“So let’s destroy each other,” he answered huskily before claiming
her mouth in a soul-searching kiss.
“McKinney’s third novel is her best yet.
Her exuberant sense of wit and style make
WHEN ANGELS FALL the perfect Valentine.”
—The Times-Picayune
A Selection of the Doubleday Book Club
Also by Meagan McKinney
MY WICKED ENCHANTRESS
Romance Writers of America Golden Medallion Finalist
NO CHOICE BUT SURRENDER
Winner of the 1987Romantic Times award for Best Historical Romance by a
New Writer
To Vivian Vincenta Koebel
and Anita DiBernardo Kirk,
those dear ladies who look out for my father.
Thank you!
During the Regency period, Parliament standardized titles of the peerage, thus
changing the title of marquis to marquess. Those families, however, who had
possessed the title of marquis for centuries still retained personal use of that title,
and do so to this day, such as the Marquis of Queensbury and the Marquis of
Winchester.
PROLOGUE
OCTOBER 1855
Revenge is a dish best served cold. . .