And when his beautiful rebel finds an unconventional cause, Lockwood has to decide if he's willing to sacrifice everything to keep her. Their secret affair turns scorching, far more than either expected. This uptight duke is far more than he lets on, and she can't resist him.

Except Nellie sees through Lockwood's charade, straight to the real man underneath. The last thing he needs is another scandal. While in New York he's the perfect gentleman, and no one knows he's suppressing his darkest desires. To save his estate, the proper Duke of Lockwood must marry the perfect bride-wealthy, with an unblemished reputation. Now she dedicates herself to hedonistic pleasures only, like kissing a handsome stranger in the ocean under the moonlight. To escape the shackles of marriage, Nellie Young purposely ruined her reputation a long time ago. The Duke Gets Even: A Novel (The Fifth Avenue Rebels Book 4) Joanna Shupe 3.49 Product description Review Joanna Shupe is the queen of historical bad boys Julia Quinn Shupe’s well-loved Fifth Avenue Rebels series returns with a very saucy friends-with-benefits story. Comstock made it his personal mission to take down Madame Restell, and he was successful.By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirited heiress and an uptight duke which turns more passionate than either could have imagined. This was eventually widened to make it illegal to directly provide, discuss, or hand out information on birth control. The incredibly broad and subjective Comstock Law was quickly used to prohibit the mailing out of any birth control, marriage manuals, anatomy textbooks, or information about abortion. Postal Inspector, and founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock lobbied Congress to make it illegal to distribute “obscene, lewd, and lascivious” material through the U.S. And she was popular enough to afford to live in a Fifth Avenue mansion.Įnter Anthony Comstock. She performed surgical abortions, and also opened up a boarding house where clients with unwanted pregnancies could give birth in anonymity.

She offered up preventative powders, female monthly pills, and other abortifacients.

Madame Restell, a “female physician,” was the premier abortionist in NYC. Until the middle of the 19th century, abortion was legal and viewed as a private medical procedure. Books Authors Canadian authors Kids & Teens Get weekly ebook deals and perks. The Gilded Age saw an unprecedented reversal of women’s reproductive rights. By beloved USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe, the fourth installment in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about a secret affair between a free-spirite. I love him so much.Ī few historical notes and explanations. I had so much fun writing Nellie’s book, which has been rolling around in my head for a few years now.

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