02406cam a2200313 4500 2654177034 TxAuBib 20260112120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781696622547 1696622549 77bfdbbc-eeef-436a-85a9-c5d4d9052c7c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12407406 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Halliday, Sylvia. My Lady Gloriana [Libby Audiobook]. HighBridge Company, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 271MB. Historical Fiction. Historical Romance. Pygmalion. HTML:<p><b>In this twist on the</b> <i><b>Pygmalion</b></i> <b>story, a duke makes a wager that he can bed the uncouth Lady Gloriana. But the bet takes on a life of its own . . .</b><br /> The year is 1725. Lady Gloriana Baniard is a beautiful fish out of water. Brought up on the mean streets of London, she is a brash, blunt, obscene force of nature. But thanks to a brief marriage to a disgraced aristocrat, she is forced to live with his noble family and endure the humiliating process of learning to be a lady. Rebelling, she runs away to Yorkshire, where she intends to be a blacksmith, a skill at which she excels. She knows she'll need a manservant to front for her. When John Thorne appears, she hires him, stirred as much by his irresistible attraction as by his strength.<br /> John Haviland, Duke of Thorneleigh, is an arrogant, indolent gambler and womanizer. Having seen Gloriana just once, he yearns to make her his own. When he learns she has run away from her family, he makes a wild bet with his wastrel companions—he will find the lady and bed her. Disguised as a humble servant, he becomes her assistant, learning the blacksmith trade. The clash of wills between these two proud people creates more sparks than a blacksmith's anvil, as Gloriana learns to be a lady, Thorne learns humility—and desire deepens to love.</p>. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-01-12 20:00:03. Entwistle, Jayne. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=77bfdbbc-eeef-436a-85a9-c5d4d9052c7c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)