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      The Earl’s Wildcat

       The Earl Series, Book Two

      By

      Krystina Daryl

      ©2016 by Blushing Books® and Krystina Daryl

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      Daryl, Krystina

      The Earl’s Wildcat

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-68259-361-5

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      This book is intended for adults only. Spanking and other sexual activities represented in this book are fantasies only, intended for adults. Nothing in this book should be interpreted as Blushing Books' or the Author's advocating any non-consensual spanking activity or the spanking of minors.

       Table of Contents:

      Foreword by Maggie Ryan

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Epilogue

      About Krystina Daryl

      Ebook Offer

      Blushing Books Newsletter

      About Blushing Books

      Foreword by Maggie Ryan

      I was very excited to be asked to work with Krystina Daryl on her Earl Series. The first book, Mischief Impossible, sets the stage with characters who will capture your heart and engage you with their life. Nancy isn't about to pretend she is some fragile blossom without a mind of her own. Feisty and intelligent, she will give all of her love to a man but he must accept her exactly as she is. A bit of spanking might be necessary along the way to remind her that he is just as stubborn as she, but the love shared is one of great passion.

      In the second book, The Earl's Stowaway, we discover that generations tend to inherit more than blue eyes or curly hair. Nancy's grandson, Nicolas Wimberley, the Earl of Ashworth, is every bit as stubborn as his grandfather, and yet she is certain he is just as capable of love—if she can find him the right woman. Melanie Monroe has no knowledge of titles nor cares about proper protocol in a country far from her home. She is far more concerned with finding her abandoned siblings than she is about how to curtsey or hold a teacup.

      Krystina Daryl, a new author, has brought her characters to life. They struggle with decisions that will affect many as well as fight to discover themselves. With her very character questioned, will Melanie be able to forgive those who have hurt her? Will Christopher be able to believe that this woman is truly his salvation?

      Her third book, The Earl's Wildcat, brings the battle for what is right back to the shores of the United States. Lydia, known as Lyla to her sister Melanie, hasn't seen her sister since childhood. Lyla assumes the identity of Wildcat and instantly draws the interest of Lord Nicolas Towson. What happens with Wildcat's decision that she'll do anything necessary to save the ones she loves? The books are full of twists and turns that keep you smiling and biting your lip to see what happens next.

      I hope you allow yourself the gift of all three books in the series, as I don't believe you'll be sorry you did.

      Happy Reading,

      Maggie Ryan

      Chapter One

      

      

       America- August 1857

      "Come on, men! Don't be cowards! Deposit what you're worth on the table!" Lydia slapped her palm on the table, shaking it on its unsteady legs and toppling two mugs of ale.

      One man pushed away from the table when the liquid poured over on his side. Another pushed him aside, sank to the ground on his knees with his open mouth wide pointing to the heavens. He made a fool of himself trying to gulp the ale down and keep his mouth open to continue receiving the ale.

      The man—a giant—who was pushed away growled, "Lloyd, you owe me another mug!"

      Lydia grunted in response. "Are we going to drink or are we going to gamble?"

      He bent down, supporting his weight on the table as he leaned in close to Lydia. "Boy, my... ale... now!"

      Lydia had learnt early on never to let intimidating giants make her quake in her boots. It was the only way to survive in this cruel world. Forced to take the disguise of a boy to earn an extra living, she knew her bark and bite needed to compensate for her small size and short height.

      It was either gambling or whoring, and she was not going to whore herself to disgusting pigs!

      If she chose the life of a whore, she'd toy with the idea of going to London and joining the White Palace. She heard that was where men with fortunes and noble titles went. There were great prospects there. She also thought of becoming a courtesan and gaining a wealthy protector and living a life of luxury. The days of work and struggles would all be forgotten.

       But, she drew the line at becoming a married man's mistress. There was no reason to be part of destroying a man's family.

      In that sense, she was better than her mother.

      Geraldine had been a married man's mistress in Yorkshire, England. She thought she could get more money by using blackmail to expose his bastard to his wife—whom he had married just for her fortune. She never anticipated that same woman would become a paladin for fidelity and ship the bastard and his whore to America on the fastest ship out of England.

      Lydia lived with a mother who despised her and a sickly grandmother who treated her like a treasure. Those were conflicting emotions for a child to grow up with. But once Geraldine married a man with a dark soul that matched hers and left, Lydia became settled.

      Yes, she lost a prospective sister she would have loved to have, but she was rid of her witch of a mother and dodged a drunken cad for a stepfather. Poor Lanie had ended up with both.

      She'd always known she'd have to be tough to survive the dangerous streets of Dallas, but once her grandmother passed when she was just five and ten, she knew she had to toughen her skin even more.

      Now she was a jack of all trades and a master of one—gambling.

      There was not a table she left without spoils. Her grandmother had taught her well.

      Lydia Parker, a bastard, an adulterous