For years Serafina McPhee has been engaged to marry the heir
to the Duke of Hartholm and for almost as long, she has been
struggling to find a way out of that engagement. When he
suddenly dies, she does not mourn but thrills at the idea
that she will be free. Unfortunately, best laid plans go
awry when the next in line for the title, her intended’s
cousin, Raphael “Rafe” Flynn is forced to take over the
engagement. But Serafina knows Rafe’s reputation as a
libertine and wants nothing to do with him, either, even if
he is devastatingly handsome.
She proposes an arrangement: she will agree to the marriage
and provide Rafe with his heir and spare. Once she has done
her duty, he will let her go. Rafe is intrigued both by her
beauty and by her utter disgust with the idea of being his
bride. Women normally fall at his feet, not cringe away from
him. However, since their arranged marriage is not something
he can escape, he agrees to her terms.
But when he finds out on their wedding night the truth about
her torture at the hands of his predecessor, he finds
himself driven not just to fulfill his bargain with his new
bride, but to introduce her to desire. While they move
closer together, surrendering to wicked pleasures, dangerous
emotions may violate every agreement they’ve made.
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