LEADER 00000nim a22005535a 4500 003 MWT 005 20211008052437.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 211005s2021 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781665035682 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1665035684 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781665035682_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT14585128 037 14585128|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 823/.914|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Laurens, Stephanie,|eauthor. 245 14 The games lovers play|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cStephanie Laurens. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing / Stephanie Laurens,|c2021. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 16 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Cynster Next Generation ;|vbk. 9 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Matthew Brenher. 520 #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters's next generation with an evocative tale of two people striving to overcome unusual hurdles in order to claim true love. A nobleman wedded to the lady he loves strives to overwrite five years of masterful pretense and open his wife's eyes to the fact that he loves her as much as she loves him. Lord Devlin Cader, Earl of Alverton, married Therese Cynster five years ago. What he didn't tell her then and has assiduously hidden ever since-for what seemed excellent reasons at the time-is that he loves her every bit as much as she loves him. For her own misguided reasons, Therese had decided that the adage that Cynsters always marry for love did not necessarily mean said Cynsters were loved in return. She accepted that was usually so, but she believed she would never be loved for herself. Consequently, after falling irrevocably in love with Devlin, when he made it plain he didn't love her yet wanted her to wife, she accepted the half love-match he offered, and once they were wed, set about organizing to make their marriage the very best it could be. Now, five years later, they are an established couple within the haut ton, have three young children, and Devlin is making a name for himself in business and political circles. There's only one problem: Devlin is no longer content with the half love-match he himself engineered. No fool, he sees and comprehends what the craven act of denying his love is costing both him and Therese and feels compelled to rectify his fault. He wants for them what all Therese's married cousins enjoy-the rich and myriad benefits of marriages based on acknowledged mutual love. Love, he's discovered, is too powerful a force to deny, leaving him wrestling with the conundrum of finding a way to convincingly reveal to Therese that he loves her without wrecking everything-especially the mutual trust-they've built over the past five years. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Cynster family (Fictitious characters)|vFiction. 650 0 Nobility|vFiction. 650 0 Married people|vFiction. 650 0 Man-woman relationships|vFiction. 651 0 England|xSocial life and customs|y19th century|vFiction. 651 0 Great Britain|xHistory|yVictoria, 1837-1901|vFiction. 655 7 Love stories.|2gsafd 655 7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 700 1 Brenher, Matthew,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 800 1 Stephanie, Laurens.|tCynster Next Generation.|sSpoken word ;|vbk. 9 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 14585128?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781665035682_180.jpeg