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The Midnight Bride

by Barbara Allister

PRIDE BEFORE A FALL ... Beautiful and proud Elizabeth Beckworth refused to wed. Even when her brother demanded that she do so to advance his ambitions. Even when the seductive Sebastian Hartley used all his worldly wiles to induce her to say yes. Even when she woke up one morning to find the handsome and notorious Viscount Dunstan asleep beside her in her bed. Elizabeth was willing to risk her reputation by turning down the rakish viscount's offer to make her his wife. But there was another pitfall she did not expect on the single path she chose: that she would fall in love with this man she vowed not to marry ... and surrender to a passion that had flowered in the night but had to be hidden by day ...

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?