Against the odds, Caroline Dutton, the unacknowledged
daughter of a notorious peer, owns and operates a London
dressmaking shop. Her struggles appear to be over when the
new Duke of Ryland appears on her doorstep with an
incredible offer. Her late father's will names Caroline his
offspring and sets aside a dowry for her to marry into the
peerage. At first, Caroline bristles at the demands made
upon her, until reality steps in and she realizes she'd be
a fool to turn it down. Caroline departs for the
charismatic new duke's estate to begin her education and
transformation into a lady.
Snatched from his military career, Drayton MacKenzie has
the dubious honor of inheriting his great uncle's title. A
title consisting of an estate in financial tatters and a
directive to see that his uncle's three illegitimate
daughters receive an education and proper marriage. Having
not grown up in the aristocratic world, Drayton has no idea
of the proper etiquette or duties of a duke. With the aid
of two titled friends, Drayton will learn his role, and
then hopefully marry an heiress with a great deal of money.
However, one look at Caroline and Drayton knows his plans
are in trouble. He's never met a woman who stirs his blood
with just one glance.
Caroline's honesty about her sensual nature draws Drayton
into an affair that invites ruin. They flirt with disaster,
but as misfits in an elite society, they commiserate
together and fall in love. When scandal threatens, they
must choose between being sensible and living only with
their memories or love with its messy complications.
Ms. LaFoy delivers endearing and zany characters in this
wonderful romance. Deviating from the normal heroine, she
gives Caroline a past that adds to the heartbreak of the
tale. The first in a brilliant new trilogy, it will be
difficult waiting for feisty Simone's tale.
The illegitimate daughter of a decadent Lord, the lovely
Caroline Dutton has worked hard to become a successful
London dressmaker and is content to answer to no man. That
is until a devastatingly handsome Duke walks into her shop
with the most outrageous demand.
The new Duke of Ryland cursed his fate and his
philandering great uncle. To collect his inheritance, he
must turn the old Duke’s three by-blow offspring into
proper ladies and marry them off. Two are mere children,
but Caroline Dutton is all woman — a headstrong beauty he
can’t help wanting to seduce.
Now ensconced in Ryland’s country estate, Caroline is
being called a Lady and readied for the marriage mart
during the next London season. Her dowry is large, her
past overlooked, and her prospects bright... except she is
breathlessly, madly drawn to the one man who is sweeping
her toward scandal — and the sweet satisfaction her heart
demands.
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