A duchess in time saves a noble line ...
In theory, the Duke of Candover is the most eligible peer in the realm.
But in truth, he has a deep aversion to the merest hint of marriage, not
to mention two botched engagements which have marked his jaded soul.
Now, after a debauched bachelor party that causes public outcry, the
Prince Regent is demanding that it's Candover's turn to be brought to
heel. And Prinny secretly believes that Isabelle Tremont, the Duchess of
March, is precisely the lady up to the challenge.
Isabelle must marry, but a day of reckoning with the man she's loved for
years is her greatest fear. If Candover insists she's too young and
innocent for a seasoned world-weary man like him, there's no shortage of
other candidates. Gentlemen of prestige and position. Gentlemen whose
attentions are driving Candover to jealous distraction. Yet one
abandoned moment under the stars hints that if they can put aside pride
and duty, then a love once denied might just be their destiny.