title: Seduced At Sunset
author: MacLean, Julianne
description: USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean brings the popular Pembroke Palace Series to a passionate, satisfying conclusion…
  
  Sometimes the matchmaker finds a love of her own…
  
  Lady Charlotte Sinclair has long given up her dreams of happily ever after. Years ago, a tragic accident claimed the life of her beloved fiancé, but somehow she found the strength to go on -- as an independent woman with a secret double life that has earned her millions. Lately, however, she has begun to yearn for something more…
  
  While setting out to play matchmaker for her mother, Lady Charlotte meets a rugged, handsome stranger who saves her from a thief in the street, but her heroic rescuer soon turns out to be more mysterious -- and dangerously captivating -- than any man she has ever known. Swept away by passion into a sizzling summer affair with a man who leads a double life of his own, she vows to live only for pleasure with no promises of tomorrow. But soon she must accept that one final night of ecstasy with an irresistible lover is never going to be enough…
  
  Print edition includes bonus content:
  A KISS BEFORE THE WEDDING - a short story prequel
  
  Lady Adelaide is engaged to be married to a duke, but sometimes the heart creates a new destiny...
  
  Lady Adelaide Robins, the charming and beautiful daughter of an impoverished earl, was raised on the foggy moors of Yorkshire. Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine she would travel to London, capture the heart of a duke, and receive a proposal of marriage. Is she ready for a life of luxury and privilege as a duchess? Or will her heart forever belong to another?
  
  William Thomas, the second son of a Yorkshire viscount, is about to be disowned for his unbecoming ambitions to become a medical doctor. But what does it matter if he can have the woman he loves at his side? Determined to finally claim the hand of Lady Adelaide, his lifelong beloved, William is shocked to discover that she has accepted a marriage proposal from a duke. With the wedding only days away, will he be able to win back her heart?
  
  Note: A Kiss Before the Wedding is a Pembroke Palace short story prequel of approximately 30 pages.
  
  “Julianne MacLean's writing is smart, thrilling, and sizzles with sensuality.” -- Elizabeth Hoyt