Olivia Holladay is running for her life and only wants a safe place to call home. When she realizes the Duke of Marwick might have the key to her freedom, she decides to disguise herself as his new housekeeper, and soon realizes her fate and the duke's are tied together in more ways than one.
FOOL ME TWICE is a passionate story, similar to Beauty and the Beast, with romance and secrets. Olivia is a heroine who doesn't care what others think of her and doesn't back down from a challenge. The need to deceive Alastair doesn't sit well with her, but her need to be safe causes her to continue with the deception. Her story will have readers hoping she'll get her happy ending. Alastair is nursing his wounded pride and trying to figure out what kind of person he really is, when he meets Olivia. He grows throughout the story, becoming a determined and intimidating duke, and becomes an appealing hero, and a completely different man than the one Olivia originally meets.
Alastair's servants are comical and give FOOL ME TWICE some much needed humor. Meredith Duran writes an unexpected twist at the end, and readers may find themselves empathizing a bit with the antagonist. FOOL ME TWICE brings together two characters with the need for revenge, and Duran expertly turns this revenge into an enjoyable love story.
A LADY WITH A SECRET Running for her life, exhausted and out of options, Olivia Holladay wants nothing more than the chance to make a home for herself. So when she realizes that the infamous Duke of Marwick might hold the key to her freedom, she boldly disguises herself as the newest and bravest in a long line of the duke’s notoriously temperamental housekeepers. Little does she know that the wickedly handsome Alastair de Grey has very different plans for her. . . . A MAN WITH A PASSION—FOR VENGEANCE As his new employee, Olivia is a fearless upstart. As a woman, the daring redhead is just what Alastair needs to rouse him from darkness to the siren call of revenge. He has suffered a betrayal so deep that he will use whatever means necessary to destroy his enemies—even his brazen and beautiful domestic. But his vengeful plan fails to account for his single weakness: an irresistible and growing passion for the enigmatic Olivia.
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