Avon
Featuring: Lady Louisa Wentworth; Hawk, the Duke of Hawkshurst
384 pages ISBN: 0061129631 EAN: 9780061129636 Kindle: B000MAH6EQ Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Lady Louisa Wentworth, who's well-born but has no dowry,
realizes she will never receive a marriage offer. Unwilling
to fade away in genteel poverty, Louisa takes the unusual
step of offering her services as chaperone to one of the
American heiresses who are flooding England and looking to
buy a titled husband. Hired by the Rose family, Louisa
takes her role seriously and steers her charges away from
her brother and his friends. They may be titled, but they
are also irresponsible womanizers.
Hawk, the Duke of Hawkhurst, an unrepentant rake, is the
worst of her brother's friends. Louisa does not intend to
promote his suit, especially when he causes her heart to
flutter by just being near.
Hawk must marry a woman with a fortune and quickly. His
credit is nonexistent and the situation at his home is
becoming more difficult. Hawk's title should be
irresistible to an American heiress if he can overcome the
gossip about his behavior. The chase has always been the
challenge. After his conquest, Hawk becomes bored and
leaves. Those actions have made him a bad matrimonial risk.
Hawk takes on Louisa, determined to have her help advance
his suit, but Louisa proves to be a challenge and denies
her aid.
As time runs out, Hawk attempts to trick a young heiress
into marriage. His plan is foiled and instead he is found
in a compromising situation with Louisa. Honor demands he
marry Louisa, but what a coil. He must have money! Betrayal
and the unfairness of the circumstances haunt Louisa and
Hawk as they try to make their marriage work.
Ms. Heath continues her tradition of writing deeply intense
romances that hook readers on the first page. The interplay
between Louisa and Hawk is fascinating as false impressions
and untruths fall away revealing their true selves. This
compelling romance makes waiting for the sequel difficult.
A dashing duke. . . A wealthy heiress. . . An infuriating chaperone. . . A scandal that will leave one of the ladies with. . . A DUKE OF HER OWN Lady Louisa Wentworth knows she will never marry well—her family's impoverished estate has ensured as much. Resigned to spinsterhood, the proud beauty has agreed to chaperone a young American heiress who seeks a titled husband through the turbulent waters of London society. The dashing Duke of Hawkhurst must marry wealth for the sake of his family. This well-heeled young American, Miss Jenny Rose, would do quite nicely. But the girl's infuriating chaperone seems determined to keep them apart. And worse still, Hawk finds himself far more attracted to the intoxicating Lady Louisa than to her innocent charge! A romantic subterfuge is called for—as desperate Hawk plots to draw the heiress into a compromising position, making marriage a necessity. But when it's lovely Louisa instead who falls into his sensuous web, this game of hearts takes a passionate and most unexpected turn. . .
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