{"product_id":"the-bengal-rubies-paperback","title":"The Bengal Rubies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Bingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Bingham, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTemptation's Kiss \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDistant Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e, brings readers into a steamy eighteenth-century romance on the English seacoast, where a young woman jumps overboard to escape her father, only to reach the shore and find herself in the arms of a black-cloaked stranger whose face is as angry as it is handsome. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImprisoned by her father for years in a French academy, Alosie Crawford is determined to escape before he returns her to George III's England and auctions her off to the suitor with the highest bid on Aloise and her dowry of the prized Bengal Rubies stolen from the family of Slater McKendrick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfuriated by the stolen rubies and other, darker crimes that McKendrick cannot forget, he sits himself on a lonely beach, waiting to abduct Crawford's daughter and get his revenge. But rather than acting out of his hate for her father, McKendrick is surprised by Aloise's courageous attempt at escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he pulls the wet, shivering beauty to her feet, he sees her eyes hold a shattered soul that matches his own and feels a lighting stab of white-hot passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his eyes, Aloise sees her destiny--the man who could destroy her or save her, the man she dared not trust, yet already so desperately loves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Bingham is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romantic novels. Some of her works include the Sweet St. Charles series, the Taggart Brothers series, and the Wild Pedigrue series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47502166393053,"sku":"9781476715742","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/UbpcKcsqeU9781476715742.webp?v=1772050823","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-bengal-rubies-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}