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  “I knew from the moment that I saw you that you were the woman I wanted to spent my life with, and that my parents would have loved you as much as I do. Lady Grace, would you do me the inestimable honor of becoming my wife?”

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  Part Two

  On sale March 19, 2013

  and

  Part Three

  On sale March 26, 2013

  From Avon Impulse

  And if you haven’t read the earlier books in this series,

  you’ll love The Ugly Duchess and “Seduced by a Pirate.”

  About the Author

  A New York Times bestselling author, ELOISA JAMES is a professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but who can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. (Her husband is an honest-to-goodness Italian knight!) Eloisa’s website offers short stories, extra chapters, and even a guide to shopping in Florence. Visit her at www.eloisajames.com.

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  By Eloisa James

  SEDUCED BY A PIRATE (A NOVELLA)

  THE UGLY DUCHESS

  THE DUKE IS MINE

  WINNING THE WALLFLOWER (A NOVELLA)

  A FOOL AGAIN (A NOVELLA)

  WHEN BEAUTY TAMED THE BEAST

  STORMING THE CASTLE (A NOVELLA)

  A KISS AT MIDNIGHT

  A DUKE OF HER OWN

  THIS DUCHESS OF MINE

  WHEN THE DUKE RETURNS

  DUCHESS BY NIGHT

  AN AFFAIR BEFORE CHRISTMAS

  DESPERATE DUCHESSES

  PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE

  THE TAMING OF THE DUKE

  KISS ME, ANNABEL

  MUCH ADO ABOUT YOU

  YOUR WICKED WAYS

  A WILD PURSUIT

  FOOL FOR LOVE

  DUCHESS IN LOVE

  Coming Soon

  ONCE UPON A TOWER

  Copyright

  “With This Kiss: Part One” was originally published in As You Wish in April 2013 by Avon Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  WITH THIS KISS: PART ONE. Copyright © 2013 by Eloisa James. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition MARCH 2013 ISBN: 9780062276933

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  Table of Contents

  Contents

  Author’s Note

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  Announcement Page

  About the Author

  By Eloisa James

  Copyright

  About the Publisher