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  • Published: 1 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780553587326
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $16.99

The Rules of Seduction



Now reissued as part of Ballantine Bantam Dell's Buy One Get One Free Historical Romance promotion--a "carefully crafted and riveting romance" (Romantic Times) from New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter.

Dangerous. Sensual. Handsome as sin. Meet Hayden Rothwell, the shamelessly erotic hero of The Rules of Seduction and author Madeline Hunter’s most irresistible alpha male yet: a man of extraordinary passion and power, a man who can bring out the seductress in any woman.…

He enters her home without warning or invitation–a stranger of shadowy motives and commanding sensuality. Within hours, Alexia Welbourne is penniless, without any hope of marriage. Until Hayden Rothwell takes her to bed. When one impulsive act of passion forces Alexia to marry the very man who has ruined her, Hayden’s seduction of Alexia is nearly complete. What Alexia doesn’t know is that her irresistible new husband is driven by a secret purpose–and a debt of honor he will risk everything to repay. Alexia is the wild card. Reluctant to give up their nightly pleasures, Hayden must find a way to keep Alexia by his side...only to be utterly, thoroughly seduced by a woman who is now playing by her own rules.

  • Published: 1 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780553587326
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $16.99

About the author

Madeline Hunter

MADELINE HUNTER is a nationally bestselling author of historical romances who lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. In a parallel existence to the one she enjoys as a novelist, she has a Ph.D. in art history and teaches at an East Coast university.

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Praise for The Rules of Seduction

Praise for Madeline Hunter:

  • "Madeline Hunter's books are so addictive they should come with a surgeon general's warning....She doesn't neglect the absorbing historical details that set her apart from most of her counterparts, engaging the reader's mind even as she deftly captures the heart." --Publishers Weekly
  • "Every woman dreams of being the object of some man's secret passion, and readers will be swept away by Hunter's hero and her latest captivating romance." --Booklist on The Romantic